On this 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus teaches us through the parable of the tenants from the 21st chapter of Matthew’s Gospel. As Tony explains, in doing so, Jesus gets right to the heart of a profound mystery regarding our relationship with God. While we, as creatures, do not have it within our power to choose God for ourselves we do have the ability to reject Him, and sometimes in terrifying ways, as Dostoyevsky’s Grand Inquisitor makes plain to us.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Isaiah 5:1-7
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20
Reading 2: Philippians 4:6-9
Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.