The texts today in the Roman Catholic Lectionary demonstrate how disciples of Jesus may confuse people with actions contrary to our expectations. The passage from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah underlines that the merciful forgiveness in the nature of God is not the way of much of human culture. David Lose comments on the Gospel from Matthew, the parable of the workers in the vineyard, asking us to choose love or justice. The words of this Gospel give Carol Zuegner pause to consider how much we are concerned about the other getting ahead. Don Schwager declares a grandiose generosity in God who does not restrict His Kingdom to those who have laboured for Him all their lives. Paul reveals to the Philippians that He is open to either death as martyr in full communion with Jesus or life in service to those to whom his mission for Jesus brings him. Generosity, forgiveness, inclusion are the measure of our transformation to disciples of Jesus living in the will of God.
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