Gospel Reflection– Fr Mike Delaney–At What Cost-4-Doing the Will of God (Fr Mike Delaney concludes his multi-week reflection series that he is calling At What Cost. To put today's reading into a bit of a context, Jesus has entered Jerusalem when he's been welcomed by the people joyfully. From there, he'd gone to the temple where he'd driven the traders from the temple and had been challenged by the chief priests and the scribes. By what authority are you doing these things? We hear Jesus tell this parable about the two brothers who were asked by their father to work in the family vineyard, and we see two quite different responses. Jesus then asks the scribes and Pharisees which of the two did the father's will? Without hesitation, they were able to answer the first. Later in Matthew's Gospel, Jesus will again remind us that it's not what we say or believe that will determine whether we are faithful to the will of God, it will be what we've done. So where do we stand today in our response to God's call in our lives? Do I hear God in the everyday inviting me to answer his call to be a disciple in the vineyard?)
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