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:
Why did the invited guest fail to attend the dinner? The reason behind is,
they all have their own worldly preoccupations. All the invited guests were
very busy with their own personal activities. Thus, they missed the opportunity
to break bread with the gracious host.
If only they put aside first their personal undertaking to honor the
invitation. They could have known more about the generous host who invited
them. They would have known that the host wanted to build genuine and
lasting friendship with them.
Our busyness with the things of this world always prevents us from knowing
Jesus more deeply. It prevents us from building strong and lasting friendship
with Him. We therefore become creatures of this world rather than becoming
future dwellers of God’s kingdom.
Time will surely come that we all have to say goodbye from this world.
What would happen to our souls if we have no time for God? If we are all work
and pleasure and we don’t honor Jesus’ offer of friendship?
It’s always better to have time for God rather than have time for this
world. It’s always better to be poor but have God in our life than be rich
without God. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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