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SUMMARY:PARISH MASS - 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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DESCRIPTION:First reading  Isaiah 55:6-9\n‘My thoughts are not your thou
 ghts.’\n\nSeek the LORD while he may be found\; call upon him while he i
 s near\; let the wicked forsake his way\, and the unrighteous man his thou
 ghts\; let him return to the LORD\, that he may have compassion on him\, a
 nd to our God\, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not you
 r thoughts\, neither are your ways my ways\, declares the LORD. For as the
  heavens are higher than the earth\, so are my ways higher than your ways 
 and my thoughts than your thoughts.\n_______\n\nResponsorial Psalm  Psalm 
 145(144):2-3. 8-9. 17-18. ℟18a\n\nThe LORD is close to all who call him.
 \n\nI will bless you day after day\,\nand praise your name for ever and ev
 er.\nThe LORD is great and highly to be praised\;\nhis greatness cannot be
  measured. \n\nThe LORD is close to all who call him.\n\nThe LORD is kind 
 and full of compassion\,\nslow to anger\, abounding in mercy.\nHow good is
  the LORD to all\,\ncompassionate to all his creatures. \n\nThe LORD is cl
 ose to all who call him.\n\nThe LORD is just in all his ways\,\nand holy i
 n all his deeds.\nThe LORD is close to all who call him\,\nwho call on him
  in truth. \n\nThe LORD is close to all who call him.\n________\n\nSecond 
 reading  Philippians 1:20c-24\, 27a\n‘For to me to live is Christ.’\n\
 nBrothers and Sisters: Christ will be honoured in my body\, whether by lif
 e or by death. For to me to live is Christ\, and to die is gain. If I am t
 o live in the flesh\, that means fruitful labour for me. Yet which I shall
  choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to 
 depart and be with Christ\, for that is far better. But to remain in the f
 lesh is more necessary on your account. Let your manner of life be worthy 
 of the gospel of Christ.\n________\n\nGospel Acclamation\n\nAlleluia\, all
 eluia.\nOpen our hearts\, O Lord\,\nthat we may pay attention to the words
  of your Son.\nAlleluia.\n\n________\n\nGospel  Matthew 20:1-16\n‘Do you
  begrudge my generosity?’\n\nAt that time: Jesus told his disciples this
  parable\, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went o
 ut early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing
  with the labourers for a denarius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard.
  And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the mar
 ket-place\, and to them he said\, “You go into the vineyard too\, and wh
 atever is right I will give you.” So they went. Going out again about th
 e sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he did the same. And about the eleventh 
 hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them\, “Why d
 o you stand here idle all day?” They said to him\, “Because no one has
  hired us.” He said to them\, “You go into the vineyard too.”\n    
 ‘And when evening came\, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman\,
  “Call the labourers and pay them their wages\, beginning with the last\
 , up to the first.” And when those hired about the eleventh hour came\, 
 each of them received a denarius. Now when those hired first came\, they t
 hought they would receive more\, but each of them also received a denarius
 . And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house\, saying\, 
 “These last worked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us wh
 o have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.” But he repli
 ed to one of them\, “Friend\, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree
  with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give
  to this last worker as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choos
 e with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?” So the las
 t will be first\, and the first last.’
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