To know and be known by Jesus is to be ready to receive him every day. Unfortunately we relegate Jesus to Sunday or a special time of day. Wisdom is knowing things and having experienced them.      ~ Fr. Matt

All the readings talk about leadership. People are best served by th posture and the ministry of service. Truel leaders are enablers who help others reach their full potential in meeting life’s challenges.    ~ Fr. Matt

For Jesus and his disciples, there were to be no aliens or outsiders. Each person, having been created in God’s image was and is to be loved and valued as a neighbor. Love God and one another; this was and continues to be the whole law and covenantal obligation of every believer.      ~ Fr. Matt

How can words of the gospel be powerful? Do they shake us and call us to new heights?  There is an understanding of the portability of the word.  It’s our personal decision to take words of Jesus and allow them to transform us and our surroundings.          ~ Fr. Matt

The pandemic has made us appreciate meals together around the family table. Think back a few, short months ago when public Mass was forbidden to slow the spreading of the virus.  We have recaptured our hunger for the Eucharist and feasting with the Lord and one another. Thanks be to God!                    ~ Fr. Matt

What a loving portrayal of God and his people.  The Isaiah image of the vineyard is detailed and easily applied to ourselves as God’s people.  God has invested his divinity into our daily lives.  What we do with the tenderness and grace?              ~ Fr. Matt

Neither son was perfect in Gospel story, both fell short of fulfilling the will of their father.  Both sons are flawed by sin.  One son had the insight that his father was loving.  Will we use our prerogative to turn from evil and do good?  Do we believe enough to change our minds  and our direction in life.    ~ Fr. Matt

The daily wage that the master of the vineyard offers us is in reality our very selves.  Our life, our temperament, our destiny, with our times, circumstances and heredity cannot be negotiated or calculated.  Our Gospel denarius, our wage is who we are.  We are God’s gift mysteriously and gradually revealed.           ~ Fr. Matt

After forgiving someone we feel free and empowered by God’s word.  When we make our own the message of today’s readings the everyday challenges to forgive can be met.     ~ Fr. Matt                                                                                        

Saving people of physical death or harm is a very heroic deed.  The readings today emphasize our need to keep people from harmful situations in a spiritual sense.  They need rescued.  Are we willing to put ourselves in harms way?            ~ Fr. Matt