Homily for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time A ( September 24, 2023 ) | Matthew 20:1-16 ( Generosity ! )

Homily for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A Homily for 24th September 2023 , the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) by Fr Mathew Charthakuzhiyil From the Gospel according to Matthew Mt 20:1-16 Jesus told his disciples this parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o'clock, the landowner saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.' So they went off. And he went out again around noon, and around three o'clock, and did likewise. Going out about five o'clock, the landowner found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard.' When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.' When those who had started about five o'clock came, each received the usual daily wage. So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but each of them also got the usual wage. And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner, saying, 'These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who bore the day's burden and the heat.' He said to one of them in reply, 'My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?' Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last." DAILY CATHOLIC GOSPEL READING & WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of... Daily Catholic Mass reading Daily Gospel Gospel Reading for today Daily Catholic Gospel Reading & Reflection Audio Visual Bible HD Gospel reading Gospel and Reflection Gospel readings 2023 daily reflection daily gospel reflection #generosity #mercy #matthew20 #25thSundayOrdinaryTime #25thsundayofordinarytime #twentyfifthsundayinordinarytime #25thsundayinordinarytime #sundayhomily #CatholicSundayHomily #EnglishHomily #sundaysermon #september2023 #ThirstforCHRIST today's holy mass reading,today's catholic mass reading,daily mass readings 2023,Today's Gospel Reading,today's mass reading catholic,mass readings english,Gospel Reading,mass,catholic,bible,the word today,mass readings for today,catholic mass reading,catholic mass today,catholic mass,catholic daily mass readings 2023,catholic readings today,daily catholic readings, mass readings and reflections,catholic mass reading,mass readings for today,daily gospel reflection,catholic daily mass readings and reflection,catholic daily mass readings today,catholic daily mass reflection,daily catholic readings,daily mass readings and reflections,today's catholic mass readings and reflections,daily mass readings,today's gospel reading,gospel reading for today,today's mass reading catholic #TodayGospelReading #TodayGospelReading #GospelandReflection #HolyMassReadings #gospel #reflection #catholicprayers #catholicgospel #catholicreflection #catholicdailyreflectiontoday#reading #catholic #catholicmass #catholicprayer #eucharist #english #amen #hallelujah #todaygospelreading #gospelreadingfortoday #gospelandreflection #holymassreadings