DO Not Be Like The Horse Ps 32:9

1st Sunday of Messry , 11.08.2013

(St. Cyril of Alexandria)

Hail to you, who contained Him, Who

cannot be contained in your holy virginal

womb.

Option 1

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

Do not be like the horse or the mule,which have no understandingbut must be controlled by bit and bridle or they

will not come to you.

Many are the woes of the wicked,but the Lord’s unfailing lovesurrounds the one who trusts in him. Ps 32:8-10

Option 2

The heart of the prudent acquires

knowledge, and the ear of the wise

seeks knowledge.

Pro. 18: 15

1. Beaten and empty handed

Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the

vinedressers, that they might give him some of

the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat

him and sent him away empty-handed. Luke 20:10

2. Shamefully and empty handed

 Again he sent another servant; and they

beat him also, treated him shamefully, and

sent him away empty-handed. Luke 20:11

3. Wounded and cast out

And again he sent a third; and they

wounded him also and cast him out.

Luke 20:12

4. Good Expectations of the Owner

 “Then the owner of the vineyard said,

‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son.

Probably they will respect him when they see him.’ Luke 20:13

(St. Cyprian)If we are children of

God; If we have actually begun to be

His temples: If we have received His

Holy Spirit, we have got to live holy and

spiritually.

5. The Horse thinking But when the vinedressers saw

him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’

 So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. ….

Luke 20:14,15

6. The Wrong defense He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard it

they said, “Certainly not!”…And the chief priests and the scribes

that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people for they knew He had spoken this

parable against them. Luke 20:16,19

(St. Augustine)

Send the ray of Your wisdom to

scatter our darkness, for Your image to shine in

us.