But the heart of the parable lies in the moment of payment, when the landowner keeps his word to the workers hired at the first hour and pays them as agreed; yet he wants them to see his goodness and, ...

In his Sunday Angelus catechesis, the Holy Father reflected on the parable of the vineyard workers, saying God’s generosity ...

For to me life is Christ, and death is gain.” In light of this, the parable reveals that God, through Jesus Christ, has ...

As the Church celebrates the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Marion Nguyen, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s ...

In his Sunday Angelus catechesis, the pontiff reflected on the parable of the vineyard workers, saying God’s generosity ...

The upcoming lectionary passage in Matthew 20:1-16 strikes me as timely. The attitude we see here—the attitude of the workers who worked all day and are angry about those who received the same pay for ...

A reflection on Jesus’ vineyard workers parable explores fairness, generosity and trusting God’s freedom to give as He chooses.

Jesus’s parable of the workers in the vineyard mirrors the harsh realities of exploitative economic and agricultural systems, urging us to imagine a world that nurtures both land and people. Workers ...

As we find ourselves in another election season, heading to the polls with decisions to make, I find myself returning again and again to one of Jesus’ parables: the workers in the vineyard (Matt. 20:1 ...

Reduced to its essence, today’s parable is a lesson in humility. Everything we have is God’s gift, and God is generous beyond compare. We are his servants, his “useless” servants (Luke 17:10). By ...