“Are you envious because I am generous?” - Readings for 8/19/26

Today’s Gospel features the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. Jesus tells of workers who were paid a full day’s wages for a full day’s work, and became jealous of others workers who received the same pay despite only working a short time. It’s mean to be a warning to us – if we arrived in heaven after serving God for our whole lives, only to see a formerly wicked person who had converted on…