Today's gospel promoting communism?

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Vico said:
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1539 Envy is a capital sin. It refers to the sadness at the sight of another’s goods and the immoderate desire to acquire them for oneself, even unjustly. …
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I have an issue with what seems like unfairness, I don’t feel sadness at the sight of another’s goods.
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A communist that’s seeking to destroy the Church isn’t going to quote Jesus in support of his agenda.

“Jesus as Son of God is fiction, religion is the opiate of the masses, and by the way Jesus also agrees with our pay plan.”
 
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Put it this way, if I was one of those workers who did a long day of work and then found out somebody joined for the last hour and not only got paid the same as me, but was paid before me, I would feel a sense of deep injustice even if I got what was agreed and so did they.
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You and the brother of the Prodigal Son need to get together then and air your grievances. It’s the same story.
 
As our priest said it has many layers but really it’s about it never being too late to work on our salvation.
 
Our priest said that we should not grumble if someone, or anyone, gets to heaven. I’m sure we will not grumble.

Luke 15:7
“I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.”
 
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as i read your question and some of the replies i was struck by something. a lot of attention is given to worldly problems. so i did some research on other sites and came up with this.
“strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts…” (1 Cor 12:31 & 1 Cor. 14:1) Jesus gives us parables that often and probably always has a much deeper meaning. we can understand or try to grasp worldly affairs but getting to the spiritual is a trip that takes prayer, time, and a deepening and growing love for God, which is for our benefit no matter where we are on His path. i may need to strive for weeks or months or even years to be humble, while the guy down the street made it and kept it in a week. time is gone and our Lord is pleased with both of us. God loves us both …
actually He loves all of us equally whether we are saints or sinners He is there for us…with love and mercy. so to me the bigger question is where am i on the path to our Lord? how am i deepening my relationship with God? am i choosing the things of God (virtues) or the things of the world (vice).
 
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While of course the intention of the passage isn’t likely to be promoting any sort of communism as we know it, I do feel this passage could easily be used by communists to support the idea of paying people the same, no matter how much work they do or what work they do.
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Its typical of people who want to promote their viewpoint to cherry pick Biblical quotes.
That doesnt make it true.
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I would feel a sense of deep injustice even if I got what was agreed and so did they.
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That is an issue with you though, and one exemplified in that passage. Those workers who worked for only an hour may have meant your load was lightened considerably , or the work done much quicker so everyone knocked off earlier. Who knows.

Jesus and Peter are walking along after the Resurrection of Jesus. Jesus is telling Peter to feed His sheep. The conversation also goes on to discuss future events. John is not mentioned. Peter says what about John (to paraphrase) and Jesus replies that it is no Peter’s concern.

But if you know that is what will happen with your employer, are you going to enter into a moral quandry where you think, ‘wait I will not turn up to work until the last hour of the day, and then get my full days wage’. Is that honest?
 
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Vico:
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1539 Envy is a capital sin. It refers to the sadness at the sight of another’s goods and the immoderate desire to acquire them for oneself, even unjustly. …
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I have an issue with what seems like unfairness, I don’t feel sadness at the sight of another’s goods.
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That is good. It certainly is not unjust. So the question why does it seem so. Modern Catholic Dictionary has under Justice: “As a virtue, it is the constant and permanent determination to give everyone his or her rightful due. It is a habitual inclination of the will and therefore always recognizes each one’s rights, under any and all circumstances.”

Matthew 20:
4 and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’
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So if it is unsettling then there is the idea that one has a right to what is given. But in the example what is paid is what the person has a right to, and any excess is a gift not a right. The teaching of the parable is about the saving grace (a gift) for which more is needed for some but not for others. In considering what actually happens, the Beatific Vision of those with more merit is greater than those with less, however, merit is acquired through willful good actions after being in a state of sanctifying grace.

Note some dogmas of faith (from Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma):
Grace cannot be merited by natural works either de condigno or de congruo . (p. 236)

The degree of justifying grace is not identical in all the just. (p. 262)
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We all benefit from God’s unfairness. If God was fair with us all, we’d be consigned to hell.
 
The Gospel is an example of both commutative justice (the fair exchange of contracted labor and wages) and private munificence (the generosity of the landowner to pay those hired later more than was owed). Communism excludes both. If it were communistic, it would be the state forcing them into labor camps.

In reality, the parable is about the faithfulness, justness, and merciful generosity of God and a warning against envy.
 
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The parable meant that they didn’t know about the job before, it isn’t that they knew but just started later, it is like not knowing Christ in one way or another, and another person is devote. The first man by gods grace is converted. They both gain the reward of heaven at death
 
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