“If we could lift the veil and if we watched with vigilant attention, God would endlessly reveal himself to us and we should see and rejoice in his active presence in all that befalls us. At every event we should exclaim: “It is the Lord!” – Jean Pierre de Caussade
The Gospel today about the vineyard, the owner and the labor dispute is a particularly apt example of how to read scripture learning about what God intends, how we are to believe and to live, and what awaits us at death. That is the four senses of scripture. Let's look at this gospel from four different but related perspectives.
"Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times." Matthew 18:21
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother." Matthew 18