Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Isaiah 5:1-7, Philippians 4:6-9, and Matthew 21:33-43. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 80 (Psalm 80:9, 12-16, 19-20).

Today's Gospel reading is as follows:

Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: "Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.' They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?"

They answered him, "He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times."

Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?' Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit."

Reflections on these readings:

The Deacon's Bench: Homily for October 2, 2011: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (1 OCT 11)

Msgr. Charles Pope: Sinner Please Don’t Let this Harvest Pass – A Meditation on the Gospel for the 27th Sunday of the Year (1 OCT 11)

The Lectionary: We must be prudent caretakers of God’s vineyard (29 SEP 11)

Dr.. Scott Hahn: Living on the Vine (October 2nd, 2011 - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Word Embodied: The Vineyard Church

Friar Blog: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sirius XM Radio, September 30, 2011)