Biblical Reflections

The tenants of the parable in today’s gospel are very selfish and greedy people. They want to keep everything for themselves, not only the fruits, but also the vineyard itself. The result is tragic. They lose everything: fruits, vineyard and even their lives. Such is the destiny of those people who…

Obedience comes from the Latin word ob-audire, which means to listen or to listen carefully. Therefore, obedience is not about doing something, but about listening. We listen to someone because we trust that person. And this is what God invites us to do: to listen to Him, to trust in Him, and to d…

Do you feel uneasy when hearing the parable of the landowner who gives full salary to the laborer who just worked one hour, the same as the one who worked twelve? Why would someone act like that? In the parable of the vineyard, we need to understand both the laborers and the owner. The laborers wai…

Forgiveness: it is a Word which we repeat every time when we pray, since our childhood, when we learned the Our Father, which is a beautiful prayer which Jesus taught us when we want to communicate with the Father. It is interesting that when we pray, we forget the meaning of the words we are prayi…

This Sunday we are invited to do fraternal correction as an act of charity, as an act of love for our brothers and sisters. It is very difficult to correct others because we may fear that they will take the opportunity to correct us as well. It is not that the way the Lord wants, we must learn to c…

Last Sunday, we heard than Jesus gave Peter the keys to the Kingdom. Peter had made a beautiful profession of faith: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”Jesus trusted him and gave him a special responsibility in the Church. The keys were not a symbol of domination or privileg…