Gospel of the Day
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
At that time, Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people:
“Listen to another parable:
There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went away on a journey. When the harvest time came, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. But the tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Again, he sent other servants, more than the first time, and they treated them the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’ So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
They replied:
“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
Jesus said to them:
“Have you never read in the Scriptures:
‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes’?
Therefore, I tell you that the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.”
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they realised He was speaking about them. Although they wanted to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
What He Experiences
One day, the Lord entrusted us with the gift of our spouse and, between us, the gift of Marriage. Two immense gifts! And He waits for the fruits.
But what fruits have we produced?
I ask the Lord: Am I offering You the fruits that correspond to Your Love in our marriage?
Applying It to Married Life
Ángel: (In prayer) Lord, show me what Your Heart experiences when You look at our marriage.
Elena: We recognise the marvellous gift You have given us in each other, and we know we are not bearing all the fruits You expected from our love—the fruits of the Holy Spirit in our relationship.
Ángel: Show us the thorns and the consolations that our relationship has placed in Your Heart.
Mother,
May we respond to the immense gift the Lord has given us in our Marriage.
Praise be to Him, who is deeply involved in our union!