Daily IVE Homilies, August 21, 2024 - The Generosity of God

00:00 Intro 00:20 Gospel 01:37 Homily Jesus told his disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.' So they went off. And he went out again around noon, and around three o'clock, and did likewise. Going out about five o'clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard.' When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.' When those who had started about five o'clock 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, 'These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who bore the day's burden and the heat.' He said to one of them in reply, 'My 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?' Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last." Mt 20:1-16 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082124.cfm The Daily IVE Homilies are homilies by our Priests at the Institute of The Incarnate Word (Instituto del Verbo Encarnado) based on the daily Gospel readings of the Catholic Church. The charism of the Institute of the Incarnate Word is the grace to know how to work concretely so as to extend the presence of Christ in families, education, the mass media, the scholarly, and in all other legitimate manifestations of human life. WhatsApp IVE Homilies in English: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CeDKNVyxKybCxaMH04PWbl Links: https://linktr.ee/CatholicVoice The Catholic Silent Retreat You Might Need https://youtu.be/yKXMhKEeo7E All Christians Must Forgive https://youtu.be/bmadS5StpvM?si=taU4RF8m_2umOySp How To Examine Your Soul? https://youtu.be/dGe1JkqoDiY?si=mmnJX09zckv4KeYA Learn more about the Institute of the Incarnate Word https://ive.org/ Looking for Catholic articles to read? https://iveamerica.org/blog/ Are you in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Suriname? https://www.youtube.com/@IVEAmerica