We are called to love like God.
In order to do this, Pope Francis, in his Synod of the
Family, calls us to deepen our prayer life; to get on our knees and to have
a radical personal relationship with Jesus.
If a Muslim asked you, "What is so different and great
about being a Christian," what would your answer be? It should be that we
are family, we are a community, a Trinity of Love; Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit! God is our Father, Jesus is our Brother, and, in a very special
way, Mary is our Mother. Many religious traditions don't follow this type of
love, including Muslims.
In the Old Testament (Isaiah 5:1-7), the Gospel of
Matthew (Matthew 21:33-43), and in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, we
hear that the Vineyard is the Church and we must take care of it, but we also
must look interiorly, inside ourselves, to eliminate the wild grapes inside of
us. These small, hard, sour grapes must be pruned. As St. Paul, in our Second
Reading (Philippians 4:6-9) says, this process can be aided with what is true,
honorable, just, pure, lovely, gacious, and worthy of praise. The virtues of
Humility (teachabilty), Chastity (moderation, respect for our bodies and our
fertility), Patience, Temperance (moderation), Self Control, and Fortitude
(spiritual courage) will create in us an abundant grape harvest for the Lord.
We must also be the vineyard for the world not the
Judge or the Police. The world wants us to judge it, but we will not. WE WILL
LOVE THEM WE WILL BE CHRISTIANS WE WILL BE CATHOLIC. We will be the vineyard of
radical love, not radical rules. As we come forward and receive the Holy
Eucharist, let us transform our vineyard into that love with finest bread
and the choicest wine.
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