October 4 th, 2026 (27 Sunday Ordinary A)

Dear brothers and sisters,

Jesus Christ speaks to us another parable, the parable of the vineyard who is given to tenants who kill the owner of vineyard. As we already said the vineyard is Israel. This vineyard, instead of producing good fruit produces sour grapes. The same Christ says to the pharisees and the elders of the people.  The pharisees and the elders want to kill Jesus Christ and inherit the vineyard for themselves.  This is exactly what will happen with Jesus Christ. That is why Christ at the end also says: “have you never read in the Scriptures: it was the stone rejected by the builders that became the key stone. This was the Lords doing and it was wonderful to see?” Jesus Christ is in effect the stone that many times we reject like the tenants of the parable and the pharisees, we do not want to go to him for help to build up our life. We look instead for security in doing it on ourselves alone, in the world and many times in false idols and not with the help of God. But in truth this stone that we reject is the “key stone.” When we can see that Jesus Christ is the corner stone in our life we can see how this becomes a marvel. We can produce fruit. The vineyard, instead of producing acid grapes brings forth a beautiful fruit we can love and give our life. This is what Christ shows us that by his death he brings to us the power of the resurrection. When we can experience this, when Christ becomes the center of our life, it is marvelous to see, the stone rejected has become the corner stone.

Peace, Fr. Nicholas