In the same way they treated many others: some they beat up and others they killed. One was still left, his beloved son.
And so, last of all, he sent him to the tenants, for he said, ‘They will respect my son.’
But those tenants said to one another,‘This is the one who is to inherit the vineyard. Let’s kill him and the property will be ours.’
So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. Now, what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come
and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And Jesus added, “Have you not read this text of the Scriptures: The stone which the builders
rejected has become the keystone; this is the Lord’s doing, and we marvel at it?” They wanted to arrest him,
for they realized that Jesus meant this parable for them, but they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.

REFLECTION:
Our life, the many blessings and graces we have, the many gifts, talents, and abilities we possess – all these are gifts given to us by the Father.
But while they are truly our own, they ultimately belong to him. We are simply tenants, caretakers of his creation.
And we are called to be wise stewards of these gifts. We are meant to make use of them wisely, to better ourselves, our fellowmen and women and by doing so,
contribute our small share to the betterment of God’s created world. Forgetfulness, sadly, is the lot of all of us human beings.
We forget that we are but stewards, not owners; we are but servants, not masters.
And the time will comewhen we will be asked for a reckoning of what we have done with the gifts that have been given to us.
How do I spend my time? Do I spend it wisely? Do I fritter it away in useless distractions or, worse, idle and uncharitable talk?
Sit down and take a good look at how you spend this most precious of gifts God has given you: time.

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