Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen. Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

One of Jesus parables that sometimes difficult for us to deal with is the parable of the workers in the

vineyard found in Matthew chapter 20.

To refresh your memory here's how it goes.

The owner of a vineyard goes out first thing in the morning to hire some labors to work for the day.

Then he goes out again at mid-morning, then again at noon, and then finally in the afternoon, and each time he picks up another batch of people to work in his vineyard.

Then in the evening, he pays all his workers and he begins by paying the people who had been working the least amount of time and to everyone's surprise he gives them a full

day's wage. Then he pays everyone else including the folks who have been working all day, but he pays everyone the same, a full

day's wage. Understandably, the all day workers protest that this isn't fair.

They worked longer.

They feel like they should be paid more than the guys who just showed up at the end. But the Vineyard owner says, look, I'm giving you a totally

just wage. Why do you care if I'm being generous to these other men? That's the parable. So what does it mean?

Our Father who art in heaven, hollow it be your name, thy kingdom come they will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us to stay our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil

Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women.

Blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God, brief for a sinner is noun at the hour of our death,

Amen.

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