MONDAY 30 th, MAY, REFLECTIONS AND MEDITATIONS

1.2Peter1:2-7

Gospel: Mk 12:1-12

                      " THE PARABLE OF THE TENANTS"

The parable of the tenants is full of truths. It tells us certain things about God.

We can learn a lesson from today's parable for it teaches us about the generosity of God. The vineyard is equipped with everything that was necessary to make the work of the cultivators easy and profitable. Thus God is generous in the life and in the world that He gives to us.

It tells us of the trust of God. In the parable, the owner of the vineyard went away and left the cultivators to run the vineyard themselves. Let us have this idea in our minds that God trusts us enough freedom in our lives to make choices. The goodness of God is that He allows us to do so much for ourselves.

It tells us the patience of God. Not once or twice but many times the master gave the cultivators the opportunity to pay the debt they owed. Furthermore, he treated them with patience they little deserved.

There is also a point in our parable today, that is teaching us about the justice of God. At times we human beings because of our frailties we find ourselves taking the advantage of the patience of God, however, in the end comes judgment and justice. God may bear long with disobedience and rebellion but in the end He acts.

Let us bear in our minds that the experience of rejection is not unknown to Jesus. This actually can be our consolation in moments when we feel most rejected, even humiliated. The parable can be called the parable of missed opportunities as the Pharisees and Jewish religious leader in general failed to respond to the messages of God in the persons of the prophets and Jesus Christ.