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“Are you envious because I am generous?” - Readings for 8/19/26
Today’s Gospel features the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. Jesus tells of workers who were paid a full day’s wages for a full day’s work, and became jealous of others workers who received the same pay despite only working a short time. It’s mean to be a warning to us – if we arrived in heaven after serving God for our whole lives, only to see a formerly wicked person who had converted on their deathbed, would we be jealous? What would Jesus do in this situation? How would Jesus speak? Go and do likewise.
Sr. Ann reflects on today’s readings:
Ezekiel 34:1-11
Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6…
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