Evil is not the final answer

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For 2 June 2008, Monday of 9th week, based on Mark 12:1-12

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower; then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his share of the produce of the vineyard. But they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. And again he sent another slave to them; this one they beat over the head and insulted. Then he sent another, and that one they killed. And so it was with many others; some they beat, and others they killed. He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ So they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this scripture:


Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

About Mary Jean Traeger, O.P.

Mary Jean is a Dominican Sister of Springfield, Illinois. She holds a Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies and a Certificate in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis.

She has been promoter of preaching, national convener of the U.S. Dominican Promoters of Preaching, and vice-president of the Catholic Coalition on Preaching. She sits on the board of the Parable Conference.

Having completed two terms as Prioress General of the Springfield Dominicans, she now ministers as parish life coordinator at St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Springfield, Illinois.