25th Sunday of Ordinary Time

6Seek the Lord, while he is able to be found. Call upon him, while he is near. 7Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness. 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says the Lord. 9For just as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so also are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

2Throughout every single day, I will bless you. And I will praise your name, in this time and forever and ever.

3The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy. And there is no end to his greatness.

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8The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy.

9The Lord is sweet to all things, and his compassion is upon all his works.

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17The Lord is just in all his ways and holy in all his works.

18The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

20by means of my own expectation and hope. For in nothing shall I be confounded. Instead, with all confidence, now just as always, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. 21For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22And while I live in the flesh, for me, there is the fruit of works. But I do not know which I would choose. 23For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing, 24but then to remain in the flesh is necessary for your sake.

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27Only let your behavior be worthy of the Gospel of Christ, so that, whether I return and see you, or whether, being absent, I hear about you, still you may stand firm with one spirit, with one mind, laboring together for the faith of the Gospel.

1“The kingdom of heaven is like the father of a family who went out in early morning to lead workers into his vineyard. 2Then, having made an agreement with the workers for one denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace. 4And he said to them, ‘You may go into my vineyard, too, and what I will give you will be just.’ 5So they went forth. But again, he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and he acted similarly. 6Yet truly, about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing, and he said to them, ‘Why have you stood here idle all day?’ 7They say to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also may go into my vineyard.’ 8And when evening had arrived, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last, even to the first.’ 9And so, when those who had arrived about the eleventh hour came forward, each received a single denarius. 10Then when the first ones also came forward, they considered that they would receive more. But they, too, received one denarius. 11And upon receiving it, they murmured against the father of the family, 12saying, ‘These last have worked for one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who worked bearing the weight and heat of the day.’ 13But responding to one of them, he said: ‘Friend, I caused you no injury. Did you not agree with me to one denarius? 14Take what is yours and go. But it is my will to give to this last, just as to you. 15And is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Or is your eye wicked because I am good?’ 16So then, the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”