The Scriptures this Sunday present a sober and urgent message: God entrusts His people with His gifts, His grace, and His mission, and He expects a response worthy of that trust. Isaiah’s “Song of the Vineyard” shows God’s loving care for His people, yet the vineyard yields not justice and righteousness but bloodshed and distress. The

failure lies not in God’s care but in the people’s refusal to bear good fruit. Jesus repeats this warning in the Gospel. The tenants reject the servants and even the son, showing deliberate resistance to God’s call. God’s gifts must never be taken for granted; when His grace is rejected, it is we who lose. St Paul offers the path forward: a life rooted in prayer, gratitude, integrity, and peace. By filling our minds with what is true, honourable, just, and pure, we allow God to make His vineyard fruitful again.May the Lord bless His words I our hearts, Amen. 

Fr Kenneth Iwunna