Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time. Year II.
Ezek.34: 1-11; Matt. 20:1-16
Today’s gospel reading corrects our sense of entitlement regarding God’s gift of salvation to us. The landowner went out at daybreak, and made an agreement to pay the workers one denarius per day. They willingly agreed. He again went out to call more workers into his vineyard at the third hour, the sixth hour, the ninth hour and the eleventh hour, respectively. He assured them he would pay them a fair wage. Guess what? In the end, he paid them the very same wage, starting from the last to the first. Was he unjust?
Friends, God calls us at different times. Some may respond during the morning of their lives, some others as the day progresses. Others may decide to answer God’s call towards the evening. In fact, experience has shown that many decide to respond to God’s call just at the last minute, on their death beds. Does God reward this last group of persons less? No way! When life here is over, God rewards those of us who responded to His call with salvation – from those who came very late, to those who arrived early. This is God’s way, get used to it. In the heavenly race, we all win when we come to the finished line. It’s not only about WHEN.
Good day dear, God bless your day ahead.
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