Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
In the First Reading, the famous song of the vineyard is a parable in which the beloved is the Lord and His vineyard is the house of Israel. The people realize that, rather than the Lord being negligent, their sinful ways had caused the vineyard to yield a bad harvest. Now the house of Israel must face the consequences: the destruction of the vineyard by the Lord.
Read MoreSt. Paul explains an important paradox of our faith. Sin is the transgression of the Law. God gave the Law to Moses. Why is it, then, that Adam, who lived long before Moses and the Law, was able to sin? What Law was he breaking? Jesus answers these questions when He restates the nature of sin. Whoever acknowledges Him will have life and whoever rejects Him will die. Sin then takes on a renewed meaning. It is no longer a transgression of a Law; it is the denial of a person. Adam’s sin is, then, not against a Law, but against God Himself, whom Adam knew personally.
Read MoreToday’s Psalm reminds us that it is God who is the author of life: “It is He that made us, and we are His.” We cannot, then, attempt to give or take away life as we please.
Jesus urges us to “pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He may send labourers into His harvest.” God calls labourers from every walk of life: priests, religious, married, or single.
