Acting like this is why Catholics fall away

Being a Catholic won’t save you if you ignore the lesson of the Labourers in the Vineyard.

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Being a Catholic won’t save you if you ignore the lesson of the Labourers in the Vineyard.

Editor’s Notes

Our Lord told the Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, read on Septuagesima Sunday, near the end of his ministry—shortly before his entry into Jerusalem.

It follows Christ’s promise of a hundredfold reward for those who leave all to follow Him, and comes immediately before the request of James and John for places of honour in the Kingdom.

• Part I: Is it unfair that 'the first will be last' in the Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard?

• Part II: Does your rank in the Church determine holiness and reward?

• Part III: Why are good works worthless without charity?

• Part IV: Acting like this is why Catholics fall away

In this piece, Fr. Coleridge tells us:

• Why the equal reward in the parable of the labourers does not mean all receive the same in Heaven.

• How the single denarius shows that the true measure of reward is not status but charity.

• How those who murmur against God’s generosity to others risk losing their place through a lack of charity.

He shows us that the first become last not by injustice, but by their own uncharitable and jealous spirit.

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