Category: Sunday School

Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God. Do we attach ourselves to worldly things at the expense of the love and honor that we owe to God?

Jesus’ message in the parable cautions against exclusive beliefs about the kingdom of heaven. God invites us to his feast, giving us his salvation. Yet he asks us to repent for our sins.

In this parable, the landowner leases his vineyard to tenants and sends his servants to collect the portion of the harvest that the tenants owe to him. The tenants act with selfishness and go against the will of the landowner.

It is better to recognize our own mistakes and turn to God to become better people than to be self-righteous and look down at others.

We may be tempted sometimes to feel that we deserve more than others, but the parable reminds us that although God owes us nothing, he offers abundantly and equally.

If we hoard God’s mercy while showing no mercy to others, we risk forfeiting the effects of God’s mercy in our lives.

Jesus tells his apostles about the outcome of his ministry: he must suffer and die in Jerusalem to be raised on the third day. Jesus rebukes Peter when he rejects the prediction.

Peter in this Gospel is being credited as the foundation for the Church, a privilege granted to him because of his recognition of Jesus’ identity.

Faith in Jesus will enable the disciples to do the work that Jesus has done.

The Lord asks the disciples what they have, it isn’t much, but through the power and love of God, everyone is fed.