JUNE 3 - THE GOSPEL breski1 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 12,1-12. Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. "A man planted a vineyard,…More
JUNE 3 - THE GOSPEL
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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 12,1-12.
Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey.
At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard.
But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
Again he sent them another servant. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully.
He sent yet another whom they killed. So, too, many others; some they beat, others they killed.
He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'
But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
What (then) will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others.
Have you not read this scripture passage: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes'?"
They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away.
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Saint Basil (c.330-379)
monk and Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Doctor of the Church
The Greater Monastic Rules, § 2
"He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all"
God had created man in his own image and likeness (Gn 1,26) and judged him worthy of knowing him himself; he set him above all the animals by the gift of intellect, gave him a place in the enjoyment of the incomparable joys of Paradise and, finally, made him lord over everything to be found on earth. Nevertheless, when he saw him falling into sin, led astray by the serpent, and through sin into death and the sufferings that precede it, he did not reject him. To the contrary, he gave him first of all the help of his Law, set angels apart to keep and watch over him, sent prophets to rebuke his wickedness and teach him virtue...
When, in spite of these and yet many other graces, people persisted in their disobedience, he did not turn away from them. When we had offended against our benefactor by our indifference before these signs of his care, we were not abandoned by the Lord's goodness nor cut off from his love but were drawn out of death and restored to life by our Lord Jesus Christ. And the way in which we have been saved is worthy of even greater admiration: “Though he was God he did not regard his equality with God something to be jealously guarded, but he humbled himself even to taking the condition of a slave” (cf. Phil 2,6-7). “He bore our infirmities, he endured our sufferings, he was stricken for our sakes” that he might save us by his wounds (Is 53,4-5). He “ransomed us from the curse by becoming a curse for us” (Gal 3,13). He suffered the most degrading of deaths to lead us to the life of glory.
Nor was it enough for him to restore life to the dead; he reclothed them with divine honor and prepared a happiness for them in the eternal repose that surpasses all human imagination. “How shall we make a return to the Lord” for all he has given us? (Ps 116[115],12). He is so good that he asks for nothing in return for his blessings: he is content to be loved.
breski1
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 12,1-12.
Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey.
At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard.
But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
Again he sent them another servant. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully.
He sent yet another whom they killed. So, too, many others; some they beat, others they killed.
He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'
But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
What (then) will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others.
Have you not read this scripture passage: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes'?"
They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away.
Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB
Share the Gospel on Facebook
Saint Basil (c.330-379)
monk and Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Doctor of the Church
The Greater Monastic Rules, § 2
"He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all"
God had created man in his own image and likeness (Gn 1,26) and judged him worthy of knowing him himself; he set him above all the animals by the gift of intellect, gave him a place in the enjoyment of the incomparable joys of Paradise and, finally, made him lord over everything to be found on earth. Nevertheless, when he saw him falling into sin, led astray by the serpent, and through sin into death and the sufferings that precede it, he did not reject him. To the contrary, he gave him first of all the help of his Law, set angels apart to keep and watch over him, sent prophets to rebuke his wickedness and teach him virtue...
When, in spite of these and yet many other graces, people persisted in their disobedience, he did not turn away from them. When we had offended against our benefactor by our indifference before these signs of his care, we were not abandoned by the Lord's goodness nor cut off from his love but were drawn out of death and restored to life by our Lord Jesus Christ. And the way in which we have been saved is worthy of even greater admiration: “Though he was God he did not regard his equality with God something to be jealously guarded, but he humbled himself even to taking the condition of a slave” (cf. Phil 2,6-7). “He bore our infirmities, he endured our sufferings, he was stricken for our sakes” that he might save us by his wounds (Is 53,4-5). He “ransomed us from the curse by becoming a curse for us” (Gal 3,13). He suffered the most degrading of deaths to lead us to the life of glory.
Nor was it enough for him to restore life to the dead; he reclothed them with divine honor and prepared a happiness for them in the eternal repose that surpasses all human imagination. “How shall we make a return to the Lord” for all he has given us? (Ps 116[115],12). He is so good that he asks for nothing in return for his blessings: he is content to be loved.