Parable of the Great Banquet: There are men who reject the invitation of God…
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Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel text
Lk 14:15-24
Lk 14:15-24
"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..."
Gospel's Commentary
Today Jesus presents eternity, Heaven, to us as a banquet, that is, as an atmosphere of happiness. That eternity exists is no mystery: eternity is more "normal" than time. What is "mysterious," however, is man’s rejection: we are capable of exchanging God for just about anything. Some for a field, others for oxen… in other words, laziness, neglect, comfort…
—Is God worth so little that we replace Him with just anything?