I believe that today’s Gospel seems to be a cautionary tale meant to warn us not to turn down the sacred invitation to the “Great Banquet” and at the same time it also challenges us in our ideas of just who is “good enough” to be invited. Clearly Jesus is giving the religious leaders a harsh warning, following on the last few week’s parables doing the same. The warning is twofold: they need to mend their ways and turn their minds and hearts to God, and that God’s invitation is broader than they think -- that the sinner, the tax collector and the prostitute are part of God’s reign as well! Jesus uses these parables to try and get across to the religious leaders that while they may be keeping the letter of the law they were missing keeping the spirit of the law. They were missing the point that all of the law and the prophets rests on loving God with our whole being and our neighbor as ourselves!
We as disciples of Jesus are called to reach out in love to all peoples without exception! We have to ask ourselves, as a nation to whom are we denying racial justice, good healthcare, quality education, a just wage, citizenship, a safe community, safe and adequate housing? Is there any person or group of people I tend to exclude or look down upon as having less value than myself? Based on this Gospel message, if I threw a dinner party who might I invite?
Blessings,
Fr. Tim
We as disciples of Jesus are called to reach out in love to all peoples without exception! We have to ask ourselves, as a nation to whom are we denying racial justice, good healthcare, quality education, a just wage, citizenship, a safe community, safe and adequate housing? Is there any person or group of people I tend to exclude or look down upon as having less value than myself? Based on this Gospel message, if I threw a dinner party who might I invite?
Blessings,
Fr. Tim
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