Monday's Morning Offering
Today there was no Church because heavy rain and storms kept rolling over Camp Littlemore. I missed Holy Mass, and I know Sister Mary Claire did too. The rain is always welcome on a farm, because the fields and garden need it, but the storms can stay away please.
Most of the day was spent inside, with the windows blurry from rain. Mini stayed close when the thunder came. Since we could not hear Father LeRoy explain the Gospel at Church, Sister Mary Claire read it to me. It was about the man who planted a vineyard and sent servants to collect its fruit, but the wicked tenants treated them cruelly. Last of all, he sent his beloved son, and they rejected him too.
Sister Mary Claire said the vineyard made her think of all the good things God gives us, and how He expects fruit from our souls. I thought about that when I went out to care for the chickens. My boots sank into the soft ground, and the hens were tucked inside, clucking safely. I gave them feed, checked their water, and made sure their nests were dry.
The saddest part of the Gospel was how the tenants rejected the beloved son. Sister Mary Claire said that was Our Lord Jesus. But the beautiful part was, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” That means Jesus is still the strong stone everything holy is built upon.
Tonight the rain is still tapping on the roof, but the worst thunder has gone farther away. I am thankful for the rain, but more thankful that Jesus is our cornerstone.
Evening Prayer
Dear Jesus, help me give You the fruit of my heart. Please bless Sister Mary Claire, Robert, Father LeRoy, Mini, Omelette, all the chickens, Shaggycoat, and all the creek critters tonight. Thank You for the rain, but please keep the storms away. Stay close to us through the night.
Love,
Kathy
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 12:1-12
Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey. At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Again he sent them another servant. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully. He sent yet another whom they killed. So, too, many others; some they beat, others they killed. He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this Scripture passage:
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes”?
They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Most of the day was spent inside, with the windows blurry from rain. Mini stayed close when the thunder came. Since we could not hear Father LeRoy explain the Gospel at Church, Sister Mary Claire read it to me. It was about the man who planted a vineyard and sent servants to collect its fruit, but the wicked tenants treated them cruelly. Last of all, he sent his beloved son, and they rejected him too.
Sister Mary Claire said the vineyard made her think of all the good things God gives us, and how He expects fruit from our souls. I thought about that when I went out to care for the chickens. My boots sank into the soft ground, and the hens were tucked inside, clucking safely. I gave them feed, checked their water, and made sure their nests were dry.
The saddest part of the Gospel was how the tenants rejected the beloved son. Sister Mary Claire said that was Our Lord Jesus. But the beautiful part was, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” That means Jesus is still the strong stone everything holy is built upon.
Tonight the rain is still tapping on the roof, but the worst thunder has gone farther away. I am thankful for the rain, but more thankful that Jesus is our cornerstone.
Evening Prayer
Dear Jesus, help me give You the fruit of my heart. Please bless Sister Mary Claire, Robert, Father LeRoy, Mini, Omelette, all the chickens, Shaggycoat, and all the creek critters tonight. Thank You for the rain, but please keep the storms away. Stay close to us through the night.
Love,
Kathy
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 12:1-12
Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey. At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Again he sent them another servant. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully. He sent yet another whom they killed. So, too, many others; some they beat, others they killed. He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this Scripture passage:
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes”?
They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away.
The Gospel of the Lord.
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