Monday 4th June, 2012
2 Peter 1:2-7. In you, my God, I place my trust—Ps 90(91):1-2, 14-16. Mark 12:1-12.

  
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This gospel explains the Father’s continuous love for us.

Each of us has a ‘vineyard’ made of heart, mind and body where we are called to be attentive to our own decision-making, within the relationships of friends and family.

At times we need pruning or a graft of a new strain of ideas. Jesus offers clues to new mindsets. Prayer and listening to a chosen director can sometimes facilitate new life.

Our congregation was told recently of an asylum for the mentally sick, where the patients sleep on concrete, have little food and scarce sanitation. Once admitted, release is not an option. Young volunteers go in to this place to bring care and hope, with the aim of changing the mind-set of ignorance and cruelty. They are caring for this vineyard with courage and joy.

Let us pray with thanks and for the continuing life of our own ‘vineyard’.