Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

Tues., October 10, 2023

The Rev. ROBERT E. STEVENS, JR.

PARABLE OF THE WICKED TENANTS

The Rev. Robert E. Stevens, Jr. preaches on the Gospel of Matthew 21:33-46.

Rob offers that "rejection is central to the Parable and it is a reality of the human condition…we often reject others to make sure 'our spot is safe.'

"How do we resist the temptation of making our entire lives a 'club’ that one belongs to while rejecting others? How do we resist the darkness of the phrase 'our kind of people?'

"To begin I suggest we pray the prayer attributed to St. Francis, found on pg. 833 in the Book of Common Prayer:"

Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.