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Today's Gospel
God Wants You in Heaven
4 min
Gospel
Lk 14:15-24
When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!” But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for all is now ready.’ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.’ And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”
Readings are from Dynamic Catholic’s New Testament Bible: RSV Catholic Edition
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Transcript
God Wants You in Heaven
What is it that jumps out at you today? Remember, each day we're looking for a word or an idea or a phrase that jumps out at us that the Holy Spirit uses to capture attention. I think what captured me today was the idea that the master of the home, God, the Great Father, wants his banquet full. He wants the banquet full. And so he begins with a certain group of people. He moves on to the next group of people. But he doesn't stop until the banquet is full. And I think that should be a beautiful consolation for us. We know elsewhere in the Scriptures, we're reminded over and over that our Father's home has many rooms. There's room for all of us. And when we marry that idea with today's message, which is the Father will not stop until the banquet is full. I think there's great consolation in us because it's a knowing that really no matter what we do, the Father will not stop seeking us. The Father will not stop giving us an opportunity to take a place at his banquet, to take a room in his mansion. And that, I think, is a beautiful constellation for us to reflect upon today. Have a great day, and remember, Be Bold, Be Catholic.
