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After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o\u2019clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, \u2018You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.\u2019 So they went off. And he went out again around noon, and around three o\u2019clock, and did likewise. Going out about five o\u2019clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, \u2018Why do you stand here idle all day?\u2019 They answered, \u2018Because no one has hired us.\u2019 He said to them, \u2018You too go into my vineyard.\u2019 When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, \u2018Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.\u2019 When those who had started about five o\u2019clock came, each received the usual daily wage. So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but each of them also got the usual wage. And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner, saying, \u2018These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who bore the day\u2019s burden and the heat.\u2019 He said to one of them in reply, \u2018My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?\u2019 Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Opening Prayer:<\/strong> Lord, here I am. Show me your face; show me your love for me. I know that without you I am nothing, and yet you want to give me everything. I want to love you; teach me how. Whether you want to console me or challenge me, I\u2019m here to listen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Encountering Christ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The Desire for Fairness: <\/strong>Nothing holds us back from holiness like the desire for \u201cfairness.\u201d It is one of those uncomfortable paradoxes of human nature. We ask ourselves, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t I get that promotion? Why do I have this illness? How dare he speak to me like that?\u201d And yet, we can have very little patience for others who complain about the same things. In this parable, Christ wants to open our eyes to see the world through an entirely different lens\u2014his lens. He doesn\u2019t hand out a certain number of graces over here, and balance that with a certain number of difficulties over there. And Christ doesn\u2019t compare us with others. No, like the perfect parent, he deals with us only based on what is good for us\u2014why should we treat ourselves or others any differently?\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>First in the Vineyard: <\/strong>Don\u2019t we get tired of \u201cdoing what is good\u201d from time to time? Always being the first to offer help\u2014the one everyone counts on? When we feel like this\u2014discouraged and tired\u2014are we subtly comparing our behavior to that of others? These are precisely the kind of temptations that Christ is warning about in this passage. Whenever we remove Christ from the center of our hearts and allow our behavior to be motivated by anything else, sooner or later we notice our tendency to compare ourselves with others, which can lead to jealousy or envy. To counteract this downward spiral, we must fight to have a grateful heart. The more we look for God\u2019s grace in our lives (and it is <em>surely<\/em> there), the less we will look at how much <em>more <\/em>grace appears to be in others\u2019 lives. Gratitude just doesn\u2019t leave room in our heart for anything but God\u2014and in grateful hearts, God is able to work wonders.\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>God Is Generous:<\/strong> Jesus tells us that the first and last workers in the vineyard were paid the \u201cdaily wage.\u201d So, too, the first and last into the Kingdom of heaven will receive the \u201cdaily wage,\u201d which is eternal life. 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