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25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR A)

First Reading           Isaiah 55:6-9 Psalm                        Ps. 145 (R. 18a) Second Reading      Philippians 1:20-24. 27a Gospel                       Matthew 20:1-16 SEEKING GOD, SOUGHT BY GOD Dear friends, today is the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) and the last Sunday of September. We should be grateful to God for seeing us through this month and we also pray Him to aid us to dispose ourselves to his grace so that Christ will be glorified in us (Phil.1:20) and that we may avoid anything in our everyday lives that would be unworthy of the Gospel of Christ (Phil. 1: 27). For this 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A), the Gospel from Matthew (20: 1-16a) is the parable of the Vineyard Labourers. Reading the passage, we would, naturally, be tempted to conclude that the landowner was unjust in his dealings with t...