04/10/2026
๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฌ๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ | ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐-๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต (๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต) ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ
๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Isaiah 5:1โ7
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐น๐บ: Psalm 80:9, 12, 13โ14, 15โ16, 19โ20
โ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐.โ
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Philippians 4:6โ9
๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐น๐๐ถ๐ฎ: Cf. John 15:16
โ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐
, ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ
๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น: Matthew 21:33โ43
Todayโs readings invite us to reflect on how we respond to Godโs love, His gifts, and the responsibilities He has entrusted to us. Through the image of a vineyard, Scripture reminds us that God has carefully planted, nurtured, and protected His people. He gives us everything we need to grow and bear good fruit. Yet the question remains: What kind of fruit are we producing with what God has given us?
In the First Reading, the prophet Isaiah presents the beautiful image of a vineyard lovingly cared for by its owner. The owner prepares the soil, removes the stones, plants the finest vines, builds a watchtower, and prepares a w**e press. He does everything possible for the vineyard to flourish. Yet instead of producing good grapes, it produces wild grapes.
This vineyard represents Godโs people. The Lord has shown them His love and faithfulness, but they have failed to respond by producing the fruits of justice and righteousness. This reading reminds us that Godโs blessings are not meant to be received passively. His love calls us to respond with lives that reflect goodness, compassion, justice, and faithfulness.
The Second Reading from Saint Paul reminds us not to be consumed by anxiety. Instead, he tells us to bring everything to God through prayer and petition, with thanksgiving. When we surrender our worries to the Lord, His peace โthe peace of God that surpasses all understandingโ, guards our hearts and minds.
Saint Paul also encourages us to focus on whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, gracious, excellent, and worthy of praise. In a world filled with negativity, fear, and distractions, this is a powerful reminder to be intentional about what we allow to occupy our hearts and minds. What we continually think about can influence the way we live, speak, and treat others.
In the Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of the tenants who were entrusted with a vineyard. The owner sends servants to collect the produce, but the tenants reject, mistreat, and even kill them. Finally, the owner sends his own son, believing that they will respect him. Instead, the tenants kill the son because they desire to take possession of the vineyard for themselves.
The parable points to Godโs relationship with His people and ultimately to Jesus, the beloved Son who would be rejected and killed. The tenants were given something that did not belong to them, yet they acted as though they were the owners. Their greatest failure was not simply that they refused to produce fruitโit was that they forgot who the true owner was.
This message speaks deeply to us today. Everything we have is ultimately a gift from God: our lives, abilities, opportunities, relationships, possessions, responsibilities, and even the time we are given each day. We are not permanent owners of these gifts; we are stewards. God entrusts them to us so that they may produce good fruit.
Sometimes, we can become so attached to what we have that we forget the One who gave it to us. We may take credit for our achievements, become possessive of our blessings, or use our gifts only for ourselves. The Gospel reminds us that we are called to return something to God through the way we live.
The question we can carry with us today is simple: What kind of fruit is my life producing?
Are we producing patience when we are tested?
Kindness when someone needs understanding?
Forgiveness when we have been hurt?
Generosity when someone is in need?
Faith when circumstances become difficult?
Love even when it is not returned?
Let us also remember Saint Paulโs words: โHave no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.โ When we feel overwhelmed by the responsibilities entrusted to us, we do not have to carry everything alone. We can bring our worries to the Lord and trust that His peace will sustain us.
May we never forget that our lives are Godโs vineyard. May we allow Him to prune what needs to be removed, strengthen what has become weak, and cultivate within us the fruits that bring Him glory. And when the Lord comes looking for the fruits of our lives, may He find hearts that have chosen to love, serve, forgive, and remain faithful.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐. ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐. ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐
๐ถ๐ผ๐๐, ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ, ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น, ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐. ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ต๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐. ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป.
โ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ; ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐.โ โ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ:๐ฐ๐ฎ