This is one of those weeks when the readings seem pretty, well, harsh:
http://www.usccb.org/nab/100508.shtml
See what I mean? We've got a couple of vineyards -- one where the vines aren't producing fruit, and one where the tenants aren't giving the landowner the produce of the vines. Two patches of land that seem useless...or at least that aren't being used to their full potential just at the moment.
In this harvest season, when the farmers' markets around town are overflowing with the good fruit of our local land and workers, I'm reflecting on my own "fruitiness." Am I bearing good fruit from the seeds that God has planted in my life and in my heart?
Can I become more useful to God? How can I continue to grow as a person and as a Christian? How can I produce a harvest of goodness with which to feed this very hungry and needy world?
Or, to put it more practically, what is one thing that I can do this week, TODAY, to be productive for the good of others?