THE GOSPEL
Matthew 21:33-43Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones,
but they treated them in the same way.
Often
you send us as workers
to your vineyard.
Make us not loose weights, but cornerstones
unmoved by rejection, suspicion,
contempt, or even
death.
Send us to sow and nurture
whatever is just,
whatever is true,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is gracious
whatever is honorable,
on our magnificent planet,
and in the human family that lives here.
THE FIRST READING
Isaiah 5:1-7
My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
Master
of the vineyard,
you have given us
a fertile garden to care for.
In what way have we failed?
The garden is polluted;
full of floods and
fires and
bias.
Lord,
help us find
ways to repair
our vineyard, our
common home, and our
relationship with all our brothers
and sisters who share it
