Without having the text right in front of you, as I do, it’s hard for you to remember a word or a line that may have stuck with you in one of today’s scripture readings. However, the last line of that second reading, the Letter to the Hebrews, stands out for me. It went like this: “Everyone is one in God, therefore he (Jesus) is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.” That text was written almost 2, 000 ...
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THE LORD’S VINEYARD
Today’s reading from Isaiah (5.1-7) presents a very elaborate description -a metaphor- of a vineyard. Understanding metaphors involves interpretation. The readings in our liturgy always include three segments. There is immense complexity in the relationships among them and understanding requires an ability to interpret how they illustrate one another as well as a grasp of context. In the gospel Jesus begin his parable by almost quoting Isaiah: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a ...