'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'

 Gospel text (Mt 21:33-43.45-46): Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?”

They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.” Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes’? Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them. And although they were attempting to arrest him, they feared the crowds, for they regarded him as a prophet.

Reflection:

In this Gospel, Jesus threw again a parable about the tenant who rejected their landlord. This reflects us being we rejected Jesus. As the son of God, He had a perfect life in Heaven and yet He went to the earth just to rescue us from sinfulness. What Jesus did was really a sacrifice just to join us in this earth and experience being human. Our Father in heaven gives us all the blessings, however, we abused it and never give back to Him. When the Father, sent His son to us we never treated Jesus as the messiah and the son of God. We even mocked and crucified Him. So, whatever blessings Jesus gives to us, we must return it to God. For the kingdom of God is for those who return the fruits we bear back to heaven.