Fr Bernard writes…
25th Sunday of the Year September 20th 2020
As different parts of the country are placed under ‘special measures’ because of an increase in the number of positive tests for the Covid-19 virus, some have accepted these as a necessary precaution, others have claimed that it is not fair. It is a phrase that is often used and could well have been in today’s gospel, though the actual word used was ‘grumbled’. The vast majority of people reading or hearing this parable would have sympathy for those who had done a full day’s shift and received the same amount as those who had done a mere hour, even though they received the agreed amount. However, the parable is more about God than about the workers, and especially about God’s generosity. ‘Why be envious because I am generous?’ It would be interesting to know with which group of workers we would have associated, because that would certainly influence our opinion about the payment made to all. All of us will have been generous to others and beneficiaries of others’ generosity towards us. The parable invites us to be grateful to God who is compassionate to all creatures and generous to a fault.
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