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Episcopal Church in Minnesota
Lectionary Reflection
Year A, Proper 22, General Reflection
Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80 or 80:7-14; Philippians 3:14-21; Matthew 21:33-43
Reflection on for this Sunday
by Jill Peterman
Fall and harvest time bring us the abundance of the fruits of the land. Both
domesticated and wild grapes appear to be a central subject of the lessons.
The Old Testament reading referred to choice vines that were planted and the
wild grapes that appeared in their place. What more could I do, it is asked.
Why did it yield wild grapes? However, it seems the expectation of the good
grapes was not met, and wild grapes grew in their place. We seem to expect good
things from the supposedly good things, and not good things from things that
are not so good. To me, these lessons indicate the wild grapes fit in to the
latter category.
In the Gospel, Jesus reminds us about the stone that the builders rejected.
The kingdom will be given to the people that produce the fruits of the kingdom.
As Fran Salone-Pelletier states in Awakening to God; "We are the
yield of God's efforts as well as the caretakers of the garden kingdom."
Do we who care for the earth tend to be considered on the outside, on the margin? Do we do what God wants us to do? Will we listen to what God may be trying to tell us? Are we criticized? It is hard for me to think that others may consider me a rabble-rouser, when I do not think that I am. Are we the grapes? Or are we grapes gone wild?
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