You go into the vineyard too

Saw this in the latest Shorelines newsletter on the call to work in the Lord's vineyard.

"And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too'" (Matthew 20:3-4).

From that distant day the call of the Lord Jesus "You go into my vineyard too" never fails to resound in the course of history: it is addressed to every person who comes into this world.

You go too. The call is a concern not only of Pastors, clergy, and men and women religious. The call is addressed to everyone: lay people as well are personally called by the Lord, from whom they receive a mission on behalf of the Church and the world. Each person should take into account what he does and consider if he is laboring in the vineyard of the Lord

It was referencing the Apostalic Exhortation by Pope John Paul II on the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World. Was attracted to the beginning part about the parable and our call, but when I saw the length of it...didn't bother to read on. Some other time maybe.

The other thing is, today I went to CTK for mass, and since I was alone and I've not been to CTK for quite a while, when it came to the time for the Our Father. I found myself apprehensive. "To hold or not to hold hands???" All this talk about holding builds unity, should not hold as unity should come at the sign of peace, and much more. Both sides have their points, and I was reflecting....can we please be united, make a decision and just stick to it. It's more distracting and dis-united now, then it ever was before. Nobody seems to be following the "neither discourage nor encourage" decision anyway.

But anyway... it's not the most important thing. Shouldn't be thinking about it too much. Especially when there's a youth sub-comm meeting to prepare for.