St Bridget Parish recently issued the following announcement.

The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday, September 13 

Whenever we forgive from the heart, we build a bridge over which we must pass on our way from earth to heaven. For each of us is a sinner. And the only way we can pass from earth to heaven is over the bridge of God’s forgiveness. “If you forgive others…,” Jesus said, “your Father in heaven will also forgive you” (Matthew 6:14) In other words, the surest insurance policy against the loss of heaven is to forgive others from the heart. Jesus’ words invite me to recall someone who has hurt me and to consciously forgive that person now. 

The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday, September 20 

The purpose of Jesus’ story isn’t to illustrate an unfair action by an unfair owner. The opposite is true. It’s to illustrate God’s generosity. The punch line of the story is the farmer’s question: “Are you jealous because I am generous?” The farmer knew that if he paid the later workers only for the time that they actually worked, they wouldn’t have enough to buy food for their hungry families. So he gave them a full day’s wage. 

Do I tend to have tunnel vision and see only my world - and no one else’s? 

Vision 2000, Mark Link, S.J.

Original source can be found here.