My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, peace be with you. In today's readings during Holy Mass, there is a very strong thread running throughout all of them And that is that God entrusts His vineyard and His flock to us, not so that we may serve ourselves and our own interests, but so that we may labor for others and help bring them into his kingdom. The first reading emphasizes the responsibility. While the gospel emphasizes the labor. And the Psalm Psalm 23 reveals the model; God Himself is the Good Shepherd.