Oct 6, 2026 · 17 min · 7 segments
Listen to the sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, preached by The Rev. Steven Smith, at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark on September 20th of the year of our Lord, two thousand and…
It's on fertile soil, the stones have been thrown out, a hedge has built- been built as a wall so no thief can sneak in, a watchtower is set to guard the vineyard.
The owner of the vineyard expects a bountiful harvest, grapes to be made into wine.
And so Isaiah says, "The vineyard has not lived up to its promise, so it will be destroyed.
A few hundred years later, the Babylonians came to Jerusalem and defeated all of Judah and all of Israel, and took many of the Hebrews into slavery, into bondage to Babylon.
That vineyard was destroyed because the people ignored the call for justice and for mercy.
Right now in our time, do we not cry for justice? Do we not cry for mercy? "Oh Lord," as the psalmist says, "how long must we wait for your justice and your mercy?" In the Gospel of Matthew that Libby just read, we again hear about a vineyard.
It's on fertile soil, the stones have been thrown out, a hedge has built- been built as a wall so no thief can sneak in, a watchtower is set to guard the vineyard.
The owner of the vineyard expects a bountiful harvest, grapes to be made into wine.
And so Isaiah says, "The vineyard has not lived up to its promise, so it will be destroyed.
A few hundred years later, the Babylonians came to Jerusalem and defeated all of Judah and all of Israel, and took many of the Hebrews into slavery, into bondage to Babylon.
That vineyard was destroyed because the people ignored the call for justice and for mercy.
Right now in our time, do we not cry for justice? Do we not cry for mercy? "Oh Lord," as the psalmist says, "how long must we wait for your justice and your mercy?" In the Gospel of Matthew that Libby just read, we again hear about a vineyard.
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