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Homily by D. Henrique Soares da Costa – Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A

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The Church as the new people of God has emerged from Israel's rejection of Christ and must bear fruit as vines on the vine of Christ, without elevating itself above the old people.

We are no better than the Jews, we must not despise or condemn them! It is true that the covenant will never pass to a third people, that the Church will never lose its status as the new people of God.

The homily takes the parable of the vineyard (Mt 21,33-43) as its central text and reads it as salvation history: God plants Israel as a vineyard, expects justice and goodness, but receives injustice and lawlessness. The Jewish leaders are interpreted as the vineyard tenants who reject and kill the prophets and finally the Son. From this follows the transfer of the vineyard to a new people, the Church, which is born from the blood of Christ. The listeners are described as vines on the true vine, Christ, who are to bear fruit. The text urges self-examination of one's own fruits and conversion, without condemning the Jews. The Eucharist is understood as the place of encounter with God's beloved vineyard.

Worldview

what this means
What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?
Sin, personal failure, guilt before God; Turning away from God, indifference, idolatry
Where does the evil reside?
in one's own congregation, family, or religion
What helps against it?
God's grace, redemption that is not deserved; inner transformation, repentance, a change of mind
What is human being according to this text?
above all a part of a community or of creation
Where is history heading?
a turning point, a coming, a new order is about to arrive
What does the text base its claim on?
on the holy scripture of its own tradition; on the founder or prophet of the tradition
To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?
to one's own fellow believers
Where is the text's criticism directed?
explicitly at both

Related texts from other traditions

by similarity of the analysis, one text per tradition

What the text calls for

Passages cited

Is 5,1-7 · Sl 79 · Phl 4,6-9 · Mt 21,33-43 · 1 Kor 10,6 · Joh 15,1 · Joh 15,5 · Joh 15,2

Measured

Basic stance
-1 from -2 to 2
Insistence
3 of 3
Reach
3 of 5
Concreteness
2 of 3
Boundary
1 of 3, named: jüdische Oberen / Israel als altes Volk
Time
past 3, present 2, future 1

Analysed with qwen3.8-27b, version v3. The same standards apply to every tradition, see Values.

Full text in English
Is 5,1-7 Sl 79 Ph 4,6-9 Mt 21,33-43 The Word of God of this Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time reminds us of a story of love, mysterious, sad, and destined to make us think… It is the story of the People of Israel. Not their history simply in the form of a chronicle, of a rosary of facts, one after the other, in the course of time. Here the history is presented in the form of a parable, a parable of the love of God, the Beloved, for his vineyard; a parable of disappointment, of murderous vinedressers, of a beloved Son cast out of the vineyard… In the first reading, from Isaiah, God complains of his vineyard through the mouth of his prophet: "A friend of mine planted a vineyard with choice vines… he expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced wild grapes." Here is the story of Israel, the beloved vineyard: the Lord planted his people: he expected good fruit, but sour fruit came: "The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah is his beloved planting; he expected from them fruit of justice – and behold, injustice; he expected works of kindness – and behold, iniquity." In the face of such infidelity, the Lord says through the prophet: "I will break down the hedge, and it will be devastated; I will pull down the wall, and it will be trampled. I will leave it uncultivated and wild…" Here is the sad summary of the history of the People of God of the old covenant. So loved, so chosen, Israel was not faithful to the covenant, Israel did not bear the fruits of love, of sensitivity toward its God, of total dedication to him that the Lord expected. Beloved, this attitude of the first people reached its extreme in the attitude of the Jewish leaders of the time of Jesus: mysteriously, they rejected Jesus, cast him out of the vineyard of God and killed him. The fact is that Israel was closing itself off to the covenant with its God and, when the Messiah came, the beloved People did not have the capacity to recognize him and welcome him… Let us recall how Jesus speaks of his own destiny in today's parable: the owner who plants the vineyard is the Father in heaven, the beloved vineyard is the house of Israel – that vineyard which, as we have seen, bore sour fruit; the vinedressers are the leaders of the people, to whom God entrusted his vineyard; the Lord sent his servants to receive the fruit: they are the prophets and all those who warned the people of God to convert. The vinedressers beat and killed those sent ones. The Father, then, sent the Son, the Beloved, the Heir. "Come, let us kill him!" – here is the terrible word of the vinedressers, the sentence of the Jewish leaders! And they take the beloved Son, cast him out as a cursed one and kill him! In the face of this, the conclusion of the Gospel is tremendous, it is mysterious: the vineyard will be taken away and given to others. The election of Israel will pass to a new People, the Church; Jesus, the rejected stone, will be the cornerstone of a new building – the New People of God, the Church of the New Testament, born of his blood. Beloved, what an impressive story: a people so loved, a singular people. A people of saints… and who lost the opportunity to recognize and welcome the so long-awaited and so desired Messiah! A people who should have been the minister of the salvation of all humanity and did not know how to understand its mission… At the same time, our mysterious birth: we are the Church, the remnant of Israel, from whom God made, in Christ, a New People, to witness to the Lord and carry his name to the ends of the earth. We are a people, beloved: more than Brazilians, we are the Church; more than anything, we are the People of God of the new covenant, we are the vineyard of the Lord, grafted onto the true trunk, which is Jesus, the true vine! Without deserving it, by the grace of God, here is what we are! Brothers and sisters, Scripture tells us that all these things happened to serve as an example for us (cf. 1 Cor 10:6). We are not better than the Jews, we must not despise them nor condemn them! It is true that the covenant will never pass to a third people, the Church will never lose its condition as the New People of God. Let us understand: the true new vine is Christ himself: "I am the true vine and my Father is the vinedresser" (Jn 15:1). Blessed vine, true stock of the ancient vine, Israel! Jesus is the vine, we are the branches: "I am the vine and you are the branches" (Jn 15:5). He is the blessed trunk and we, his Church, are the branches that cannot be separated from him! That is why this Church, new vine united to the trunk, will never lose the condition of chosen, beloved, and elect vine. But, attention: the branches, individually, can be cut off: "Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away" (Jn 15:2). Here, my dear ones: we must indeed ask about our fidelity to God who, in Jesus, made us branches of his new vine! What fruits, most beloved, are we bearing? Sweet grapes? Sour grapes? No grapes at all? What are our fruits? Are they our works, are they our attitudes, is it our way of living? The Lord expects of us a life according to his will, according to what the Lord Jesus showed us and lived; the Lord expects of us a witness of deep love for him, so that the world may discover and respond to his love! In the second reading, the Apostle exhorts us: "Brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute, if there is any virtue and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Do what you have learned, received, heard, and seen in me. And the God of peace will be with you." Here is a beautiful program of fruits borne by a branch grafted in Christ! Church of God, gathered here for the Eucharist, is the beloved vine of the Lord! Vine sometimes threatened with devastation, whether by the persecution of the world that does not believe, or by its own sins, which sour the fruits that should be sweet! Repent, Church of God in Christ; repent and bear fruit in your life! As for you, Lord God, Lord of the vine, "Return to us, God of the universe! Look down from the high heavens and see! Visit your vine and protect it! It was your right hand that planted it; protect it, and the shoot that you established!" Look, Holy Father, upon the face of your Son Jesus, dead and risen, whom we offer in eucharistic sacrifice: have mercy on us; give us strength, life, and peace! Amen. Dom Henrique Soares da Costa The post Homily of Dom Henrique Soares da Costa – Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A appeared first on Presbíteros.
Full text in the original
Is 5,1-7 Sl79 Fl 4,6-9 Mt 21,33-43 A Palavra de Deus deste XXVII Domingo Comum recorda-nos uma história de amor, misteriosa, triste e destinada a nos fazer pensar… É a história do Povo de Israel. Não sua história simplesmente na forma de crônica, de rosário de fatos, um após o outro, no correr do tempo. Aqui a história é apresentada em forma de parábola, uma parábola do amor de Deus, o Amado, por sua vinha; uma parábola de decepção, de vinhateiros assassinos, de um Filho querido jogado fora da vinha… Na primeira leitura, de Isaías, Deus se queixa de sua vinha pela boca de seu profeta: “Um amigo meu plantou videiras escolhidas… esperava que ela produzisse uvas boas, mas produziu uvas selvagens” . Eis a história de Israel, a vinha amada: o Senhor plantou seu povo: esperou bons frutos, mas vieram frutos azedos: “A vinha do Senhor dos exércitos é a casa de Israel, e o povo de Judá é sua amada plantação; eu esperava deles frutos de justiça – e eis a injustiça; esperava obras de bondade – e eis a iniquidade”. Ante tal infidelidade, o Senhor diz pelo profeta: “Vou desmanchar a cerca, e ela será devastada, vou derrubar o muro, e ela será pisoteada. Vou deixá-la inculta e selvagem…” Eis o triste resumo da história do Povo de Deus da antiga aliança. Tão amado, tão preferido, Israel não foi fiel à aliança, Israel não deu os frutos de amor, de sensibilidade para com seu Deus, de total dedicação a ele que o Senhor esperava. Caríssimos, essa atitude do primeiro povo chegou ao extremo na atitude dos chefes judeus da época de Jesus: misteriosamente, eles rejeitaram Jesus, expulsaram-no da vinha de Deus e mataram-no. O fato é que Israel foi se fechando para aliança com o seu Deus e, quando o Messias veio, o Povo amado não teve a capacidade para reconhecê-Lo e acolhê-Lo… Recordemos como Jesus fala de seu próprio destino na parábola de hoje: o proprietário que planta a vinha é o Pai do céu, a vinha amada é a casa de Israel – essa vinha que, já vimos, deu frutos azedos; os vinhateiros são os chefes do povo, aos quais Deus confiou sua vinha; o Senhor enviou seus empregados para receber os frutos: são os profetas e todos aqueles que advertiram o povo de Deus para que se convertesse. Os vinhateiros espancaram e mataram esses enviados. O Pai, então, enviou o Filho, o Amado, o Herdeiro. “Vinde, vamos matá-lo!” – eis a terrível palavra dos vinhateiros, a sentença dos chefes judeus! E tomam o Filho amado, expulsam-no como um maldito e matam-no! Diante disso, a conclusão do Evangelho é tremenda, é misteriosa: a vinha será tirada e dada a outros. A eleição de Israel passará para um novo Povo, a Igreja; Jesus, a pedra rejeitada, será a pedra angular de uma nova construção – o Novo Povo de Deus, a Igreja do Novo Testamento, nascida do seu sangue. Caríssimos, que história impressionante: um povo tão amado, um povo singular. Um povo de santos… e que perdeu a oportunidade de reconhecer e acolher o Messias tão esperado e tão desejado! Um povo que deveria ser ministro da salvação de toda a humanidade e não soube compreender sua missão… Ao mesmo tempo, nosso misterioso nascimento: somos a Igreja, resto de Israel, do qual Deus fez, em Cristo, um Novo Povo, para testemunhar o Senhor e levar seu nome aos confins da terra. Somos um povo, caríssimos: mais que brasileiros, somos Igreja; mais que tudo, somos o Povo de Deus da nova aliança, somos a vinha do Senhor, enxertada no verdadeiro tronco, que é Jesus, a verdadeira videira! Sem merecer, por graça de Deus, eis o que somos! Irmãos e irmãs, a Escritura nos diz que todas essas coisas aconteceram para nos servir de exemplo (cf. 1Cor 10,6). Não somos melhores que os judeus, não devemos desprezá-los nem condená-los! É verdade que jamais a aliança passará para um terceiro povo, jamais a Igreja perderá sua condição de Novo Povo de Deus. Compreendamos: a verdadeira vinha nova é o próprio Cristo: “Eu sou a verdadeira videira e meu Pai é o agricultor” (Jo 15,1). Vinha bendita, verdadeira cepa da antiga vinha, Israel! Jesus é a videira, nós, os ramos: “Eu sou a videira e vós os ramos” (Jo 15,5) . Ele é o tronco bendito e nós, sua Igreja, os ramos que não se podem separar dele! É por isso que jamais essa Igreja, nova vinha unida ao tronco, poderá perder a condição de videira escolhida, amada e eleita. Mas, atenção: os ramos, individualmente, podem ser arrancados: “Todo ramo que em mim não produz fruto o Pai o corta” (Jo 15,2) . Eis, meus caros: devemos, sim, perguntar pela nossa fidelidade a Deus que, em Jesus, nos fez ramos da sua nova vinha! Que frutos, caríssimos, estamos dando? Uvas doces? Uvas azedas? Nenhuma uva? Quais são nossos frutos? São nossas obras, são nossas atitudes, é nosso modo de viver? O Senhor espera de nós uma vida segundo a sua vontade, segundo aquilo que o Senhor Jesus nos mostrou e viveu; o Senhor espera de nós um testemunho de amor profundo a Ele, para que o mundo descubra e corresponda ao seu amor! Na segunda leitura, o Apóstolo nos exorta: “Irmãos, ocupai-vos com tudo o que é verdadeiro, respeitável, justo, puro, amável, honroso, tudo o que é virtude ou de qualquer modo mereça louvor. Praticai o que aprendestes e recebestes. Assim o Deus da paz estará convosco”. Eis aqui um belo programa de frutos dados por um ramo enxertado em Cristo! Igreja de Deus, aqui reunida para a Eucaristia, é a vinha amada do Senhor! Vinha por vezes ameaçada de devastação, seja pela perseguição do mundo que não crê, seja pelos seus próprios pecados, que azedam os frutos que deveriam ser doces! Convertei-vos, Igreja de Deus em Cristo; convertei-vos e dai frutos em vossa vida! Quanto a vós, Senhor Deus, Senhor da vinha, “Voltai-vos para nós, Deus do universo! Olhai dos altos céus e observai! Visitai a vossa vinha e protegei-a! Foi a vossa mão direita que a plantou; protegei-a, e ao Rebento que firmastes!” Olhai, Pai Santo, a face do vosso Filho Jesus, morto e ressuscitado, que oferecemos em sacrifício eucarístico: tende piedade de nós; dai-nos força, vida e paz! Amém. Dom Henrique Soares da Costa O post Homilia do D. Henrique Soares da Costa – XXVII Domingo do Tempo Comum – Ano A apareceu primeiro em Presbíteros .