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Fr. Brendan Curran, OP breaks open the readings for the Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, with Jesus' parable about the vineyard owner who hires people all through the day, but ends up paying them all the same—a full day's wage. In the end, God is equally grateful to everyone who Join in the mission of saving the world, no matter how long they have been doing it.

After Peter had caught nothing after fishing all night, Jesus told him to cast his nets out further, where he got a miraculous catch. Sometimes, God challenges our failures by asking us to try something even bigger.

Jesus healed Simon Peter's mother-in-law, and she immediately got up and began serving them. God heals us so that we can serve others.

The Canaanite woman demanded a miracle healing for her daughter even after Jesus called her a dog. Do we have faith that can persist through adversity?

Jesus said to let the children come to him because heaven belonged to such as these. Are we childlike in our enthusiasm towards and openness to God?

The Israelites grumbled against God in the desert. We should not spend so much time complaining sop that we can get on with the work we are meant to do, because there will always be problems.

Jesus took Peter, James, and John up on the mountain and was Transfigured. Peter wanted to stay there and hold on to the moment, but Jesus gave it to them to prepare them for what was to come. Do we seek grace to hold on to, or to prepare us for the work of being a Christian?

Fr. Brendan Curran, OP breaks open the readings for the Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, where Jesus uses a series of agricultural parables to teach how how to grow into true holiness, helping others to grow into it as well.

Jesus warns his disciples that they will face rejection because of him. Fr. Brendan Curran, OP reminds that this still happens today, yet we are not to amplify it by rejecting others too quickly.

Joseph (of "The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat") was sold into slavery by his brothers, but when the tables were turned and they were in need, he forgave them. Jesus sent out the disciples telling them to take nothing with them, no sack nor extra pair of sandals. Fr. Brendan Curran, OP reminds us that we all tend to carry around a lot of baggage that we need to put down if we are do the Lord's work, and we particularly need to learn to forgive one another.

Fr. Brendan Curran, OP pulls out some of the meaning of the Lord's Prayer.

Fr. Brendan Curran, OP asks us to think about why we do the good that we do.