{"id":4148,"date":"2025-08-20T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=4148"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:35:00","slug":"the-call-to-generosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2025\/08\/20\/the-call-to-generosity\/benedictine-spirituality\/4148\/","title":{"rendered":"The call to generosity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/vindemia-winery-uy7a5hilvnY-unsplash-1200x800-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/vindemia-winery-uy7a5hilvnY-unsplash-1200x800-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/vindemia-winery-uy7a5hilvnY-unsplash-1200x800-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/vindemia-winery-uy7a5hilvnY-unsplash-1200x800-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/vindemia-winery-uy7a5hilvnY-unsplash-1200x800-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Vindemia Winery on unsplash.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I\u2019m away from my computer this week here are some thoughts on fairness and generosity from our archives: Today\u2019s gospel is all about fairness and generosity. At the beginning of the day a landowner goes out to hire workers for his vineyard, offering them a fair price for the day\u2019s work. <br><br>He goes out again several times later in the day, right up to the 11th hour, and still finding idle workers sends them to his vineyard offering them \u201ca fair wage\u201d.<br><br>At the end of the day he tells his bailiff to pay all the workers the same amount, starting with the ones who came last. This causes some consternation to those who have been working all day, and they grumble that it\u2019s not fair as they have worked longer and should receive more.<br><br> They evoke our sympathy because we all know what it feels like to be treated unfairly. Yet, the vineyard owner takes a different view, saying to them:<br><br><em>\u201cMy friend, I am not being unjust to you; did we not agree on one denarius?\u2026 Why be envious because I am generous?<\/em><br><br>His words turn the situation on its head, challenging his workers, and us, to look at it from a different perspective. He calls us to look at our motivations and to acknowledge that there can be a thin line between our desire for fairness and envy. <br><br>His generous action points out that generosity is a hallmark of the Kingdom. It compels us to reflect on where we can be generous towards those around us with both our material goods and our time.<br><br>Where is Christ calling you to act generously today?<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I\u2019m away from my computer this week here are some thoughts on fairness and generosity from our archives: Today\u2019s gospel is all about fairness and generosity. At the beginning of the day a landowner goes out to hire workers for his vineyard, offering them a fair price for the day\u2019s work. 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