Pope Leo's Meditation on the Parable of the Vineyard

Mike 'Gomer' Gormley and Dave 'The Perfect Weather' VanVickle dive deep into Pope Leo's reflection on the parable of the laborers in the vineyard. They highlight the importance of responding to God's call without delay, generosity, and the profound question of finding meaning in life.

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Parable of the Workers (Laborers) in the Vineyard — Matthew 20:1–16 (RSV)

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market-place; and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ … And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ … When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last up to the first.’ … And on receiving it they grumbled … saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ But he replied, … ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? … I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ So the last will be first, and the first last.”