Episode 151: The Twenty Seven Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Send us Fan Mail The vineyard image dominates today’s readings. Isaiah sings of a God who lovingly plants, protects, and cultivates His vineyard, Israel- only to find that it yields wild grapes, fruit that is sour, unruly, and unworthy of the care invested. The Gospel extends this image: Jesus tells of a landowner who entrusts his vineyard to tenants, expecting a harvest of justice and righteousness. Instead, the tenants respond with violence, greed, and rejection, even killing the landowner’...