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(Video) Jesus’ most frustrating parable

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Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP - published on 09/23/23
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It makes us fixate on the injustice. But there's something else to pay attention to.

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What is the most frustrating of all the Lord’s parables? Isn’t it the parable of the workers hired late? We find it exasperating because workers who labor for a mere hour receive the same wages as those who toil all day. It makes us fixate on the injustice.

But isn’t there something even more interesting/compelling in the parable for us to pay attention to?

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