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La Parábola de los obreros de la última hora en la viña

La Parábola de los obreros de la última hora, en Mateo 20:1-16, suscita unas dificultades para nosotros. No es difícil sentir cierto grado de simpatía con los obreros, quienes habían sido contratados al iniciar el día y habían dedicado toda la jornada. Claramente, es derecho del propietario ser generoso, pero ¿no hay también una cuestión de justicia?

Así que, una vez más, como sucede con muchas parábolas, tenemos que confrontar algo que parece inevitablemente provocar una reacción en nosotros. Tal vez a estas alturas, si has estado siguiendo la serie sobre las Parábolas en The Sower, ya sospechas que hay algún mensaje y sentido más profundo que solo serán revelados cuando dejamos a un lado nuestras reacciones típicas. ‘Sus pensamientos no son mis pensamientos, y sus caminos no son mis caminos – oráculo del Señor.’ Parece que uno de los propósitos de las parábolas es exponer nuestras maneras de pensar y contrastarlas con los caminos del Señor. De esta forma, las parábolas proporcionan la oportunidad, incluso el llamado, a una conversión de mente y de corazón. Seguramente, ésta es la mera esencia de una parábola, especialmente las que inician: ‘El reino del cielo es como…’.

Nuestro Señor está llamando a sus oyentes a que se conformen a una nueva manera de pensar – un camino nuevo que nos habilita para tomar nuestro lugar en el Reino de los Cielos. Las parábolas contribuyen a un proceso por el que nos conformamos aún más a Cristo mismos. Y este proceso solo puede suceder si estamos dispuestos a desprendernos de nuestros modos naturales de pensar, y sobre todo de nuestras reacciones normales.

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Msgr. Paul J. Watson is the Director Emeritus of Maryvale Institute, where he teaches Scripture, spirituality and catechesis. Ordained January 12, 1974, he has served as pastor for many parishes. He was awarded an S.T.L. Summa Cum Laude (Spirituality) from Gregorian University in Rome, and has written a course book for Maryvale’s BA in Applied Theology / BA Divinity on the “Church’s Developing Vision of Catechesis” as well as a course book on "The Christian Tradition of Spiritual Formation" for the MA in Religious and Educational Studies. Msgr. Paul jointly launched, and regularly contributes to, a monthly magazine Bible Alive of Scriptural catechesis and personal spirituality. 

This article is from The Sower and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of Maryvale Institute. Contact [email protected]

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