BE LABOURERS AND NOT SUPERVISORS IN GOD'S VINEYARD (HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 14TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
BE LABOURERS AND NOT SUPERVISORS Matthew 9:32-37 Good morning dearest brothers and sisters, the Gospel of today's liturgy of the word reawakens in us the truism that the call to discipleship is to be labourers and not supervisors. We are told that “when Jesus saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected like sheep without a Shepherd. Then He said to his disciples, the harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest” (Mt 9:36-37). Beloved in Christ, Jesus did not say that the disciples should pray that the Lord of the harvest may send administrators, managers, directors, controllers, supervisors, bosses, Chiefs etc to the harvest. Rather Jesus said, pray, to the Lord of the harvest to send 'labourers' to his harvest. The key word here is 'labourers'. A labourer does hard physical work. A labourer is dedicated and actively committed to his/her work. Jesus is desirous of one...