In today's Gospel, Jesus tells us a challenging parable about a landowner who planted a vineyard, cared for it and entrusted it to tenants. When harvest time came, he sent his servants to collect the fruit. But the tenants mistreated them. Finally, the landowner sent his own son, thinking, "They will respect my son." Instead, the tenants killed him.

At first, the story seems to be about the wickedness of the tenants. But Jesus invites us to look deeper. The vineyard represents what God has entrusted to us: our lives, our families, our communities, our gifts, our faith, and the world in which we live.