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Saturday Oct 26, 2019
Homily for October 26, 2019
Saturday Oct 26, 2019
Saturday Oct 26, 2019
Jesus used His parables as a way to get His followers and others thinking and reflecting, to see what they might mean for their lives. Some two thousand years later, His parables continue to do the same thing for us in our contemporary world.
In today’s parable, we hear about a fig tree in a vineyard that has failed to bear fruit for three straight years. The owner of the vineyard seems quite reasonable when he asks to have the fig tree cut down because it is only using resources and space that can be used for a tree that bears fruit. The owner’s worker, however, sees it differently. He looked at the fruitless fig tree and believed that, with some work and cultivation, it still had a chance to bear fruit. He had a more promising vision about the fruitfulness of the tree.
In fact, all was not as hopeless as the owner of the vineyard believed; there was still time, still opportunity, for the fig tree to become good and fruitful. The parable may be saying that this is how the LORD sees us; He sees not just what we have failed to do in the past, but what we are capable of doing in the future. He looks on us with generous and hopeful eyes.
That is the way that we are called to see each other and every experience and situation in our lives. Like the worker in the vineyard, we need to be patient and look beneath the surface for the signs of new life and possibilities that may be there. +
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