Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14
Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the
people in parables saying, “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who
gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the
invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come.
A second time he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those invited:
“Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed,
and everything is ready; come to the feast. Some ignored the invitation and
went away, one to his farm, another to his business. The rest laid hold of his
servants, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged and sent his
troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then the king said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready, but those who
were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads
and invite to the feast whomever you find.’ The servants went out into the
streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was
filled with guests.
But when the king came in to meet the guests he saw a man there not
dressed in a wedding garment. He said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you
came in here without a wedding garment But he was reduced to silence. Then
the king said to his attendants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into
the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’ Many
are invited, but few are chosen.
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Reflection:
Do we always find time for Holy Mass especially during Sundays? Every
Holy Mass is an invitation for all of us to be present at the Lord’s banquet.
To be present there will not cost us anything except a little of our time. In
fact it’s us who will be greatly blessed by the Lord if we would make ourselves
available for Holy Mass.
In the gospel Jesus tells us about a parable regarding a king who had
invited guest to come to the wedding banquet of his son. But for the reason of
their preoccupation nobody came to honor the king’s invitation. Thus, they
missed the opportunity to break bread with the king, his son and other members
of his family.
This is also what we miss when we fail to attend Holy Mass. We miss the
opportunity to break bread with Jesus and partake of His Body and Blood and
subsequently be strengthened by it. However, we are in an extra-ordinary
time right now because of the covid-19 pandemic. Many of us will not be able to
be there so we have to make it a point to watch Holy using the internet or TV.
Let us always find time to respond to Jesus’ invitation to be with Him at
Holy Mass no matter how busy we are. Let us not miss the opportunity to be
blessed by Him and to be up close and personal with our Lord.
Do you always find time to be with Jesus at Holy Mass? – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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