Gospel: Luke
14:15-24
One of
those at table with Jesus said to him, "Blessed is the one who will dine
in the Kingdom of God." He replied to him, "A man gave a great dinner
to which he invited many. When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his
servant to say to those invited, 'Come, everything is now ready.' But one by
one, they all began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I have
purchased a field and must go to examine it; I ask you, consider me excused.' And
another said, 'I have purchased five yoke of oxen and am on my way to evaluate
them; I ask you, consider me excused.' And another said, 'I have just married a
woman, and therefore I cannot come.' The servant went and reported this to his
master. Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant, 'Go out
quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor and
the crippled, the blind and the lame.' The servant reported, 'Sir, your orders
have been carried out and still there is room.' The master then ordered the
servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my
home may be filled. For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will
taste my dinner.'"
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Reflection:
A young
mother was always being advised by her father to always bring her children to
church for Mass. The young mother would always reason out that they have many
preoccupations. When her children grew up they became disrespectful to her. All
of them did not finish their studies and were not successful in their personal
lives.
The
celebration of Holy Mass is always an invitation for all of us to be there.
Nobody is barred from attending its celebration but unfortunately not everyone
of us responds to this invitation. And our usual reason is we also have our
many concerns. Thus our presence at Holy Mass becomes the least of our
priorities.
Let us
not wait for the time when we become old and sickly to make time for God
through our attendance in the Holy Mass. Let us take advantage to always be
there while we are still in the pink of health.
At the
end of our lives, our worldly achievement will not matter anymore no matter how
significant it is, it will not matter anymore. What will matter then is our
personal relationship with Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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