Surely the laborers who started the earliest in the parable thought they would get paid more than those who only worked one hour at the end of the day. The landowner, representing God, has to up his tone a few notes to make clear what his perspective is on payment.
In a similar spirit, the prophet Isaiah invites the readers to repent and focus upward, embracing that God is abundantly generous in ways beyond our comprehension.
God imparts to us His Grace and His very life in Christ, Who offers Himself totally to us.
In that spirit, we are called to repent and focus our lives toward God, living generously like Him, sharing ourselves and all that we have, which is all the gift of God, with others and so bring God's life and presence to the world.
St. Paul writes so eloquently in the 2nd reading about the mission that should drive all baptized faithful, that Christ may be magnified in our lives.
18 years ago today, I was on a retreat as part of my Confirmation preparation, which was three weeks prior to Confirmation. We heard from a speaker who helped us see how our lives were meant to be lived as Confirmed, to live in love before God and in the communion of saints.
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