Brant
Pitre
Mass Readings Explained
25th Sunday of Year A
Fr. Paul
Galetto
OSA
Fr. George
Corrigan
OFM
Sunday Commentary
25th Sunday of Year A

The Laborers
Caught in the Midst of Assumptions
The Complaints
What Can We Say
Fr. Kieran
O’Mahony
OSA
Fr. Francis
Martin
Catholic
Climate
Covenant
Catholic Climate Covenant
25th Sunday of Year A
25th Sunday – Cycle A

The “Ecology of Daily Life” and the place of “Justice between the Generations” are two themes that Pope Francis addresses in Laudato Si’. He uses “big picture” thinking, taking into account the common good, as opposed to individuals or businesses looking out for themselves. The vineyard owner in the parable surely gained no personal benefit from paying a full day’s wage even to those hired in the last hours. However, in doing so he raised everyone up to the same level, the very nature of justice and equality.
Interventions which affect the urban or rural landscape should take into account how various elements combine to form a whole which is perceived by its inhabitants as a coherent and meaningful framework for their lives. Others will then no longer be seen as strangers, but as part of a “we” that all of us are working to create. (151)
Since the world has been given to us, we can no longer view reality in a purely utilitarian way, in which efficiency and productivity are entirely geared to our individual benefit. Intergenerational solidarity is not optional, but rather a basic question of justice, since the world we have received also belongs to those who will follow us. (159)
St. Charles
Borromeo
Notes
Parish Bible Study Notes
25th Sunday of Year A

Catholic Bible Study
25th Sunday of Year A

25th Sunday of Year A
FIRST READING
How does the 1st Reading underscore the fact that God works in his own ways beyond our ability to completely see or understand?
SECOND READING
In the 2nd Reading, does St. Paul presume to have God’s plans for his life figured out? What is his overall attitude toward God’s will and providence in his life?
GOSPEL
Why are identical wages given to both early and late workers? Who is discontented and why (verses 10-12)? Is the landowner’s practice unjust, generous, or both? Why?
Who gets any less from God: the “five o’clock” converts (Gentiles)? Or those who should have known God since “the first hour” (the Jews)?
SOURCE: SundayScriptureStudy.com
God’s Generosity
25th Sunday of Year A
One of God’s many attributes is His generosity. He is unlimited in His acts that demonstrate His compassion, love, and mercy.
Michal E Hunt, Copyright © 2014; revised 2023 Agape Bible Study; used with permission