Episode 189
The Lord’s Vineyard
Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
September 30, 202013m 38s
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Show Notes
Our first reading, taken from the fifth chapter of the prophet Isaiah, presents a classic trope within the Israelite tradition: the image of the vineyard as a representation of the people Israel. We hear that the author is going to sing a song of his “friend” and his vineyard. What becomes immediately clear is that the friend is the Lord God and the vineyard is the Lord’s holy people. This song is a love story indeed, but one that stresses the demands of love.