2 Peter 1:2-7 / Mark 12:1-12
At this very moment, if we were asked what we need most now, what would be our reply?
Certainly, what we need most now would be what is urgent and important.
It could be anything from getting a presentation up in an hour's time, or getting someone to fetch the kids from school because we are held up, or getting a domestic helper.
Whatever it may be, it is about a present and pressing need. But whatever the need may be, it will come and go and pass along. And then there will be another need, and the whole cycle starts again.
The 1st reading has this to tell us: By God's divine power, He has given us all the things we need for life and for true devotion, bringing us to know God Himself,
And it goes on to say that God has given us the guarantee of something very great and wonderful to come. And then we will be able to share the divine nature and to escape corruption in a world that is sunk in vice.
And the corruption of the world that is sunk in vice has this power to make us lose focus on what we really need to what we desire and end up straying away from God.
The gospel parable pointed out that even the tenants began to think that they are the owners of the vineyard, and they ended up losing everything.
We have needs, some may be urgent, others may be pressing. But let us realize that what we need most at any point in time is to know God and to know that He loves us.
When we realize that, then the other needs, urgent or otherwise, will be resolved.