In other years: Pope Saint John XXIII (1881-1963)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 8 The Divine Office at Night
Mass: Is 25:6-10a; Resp Ps 23; Ph 4:12-14, 19-20; Mt 22:1-14
I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
COME TO THE FEAST OF HEAVEN AND EARTH!
COME TO THE TABLE OF PLENTY!
GOD WILL PROVIDE FOR ALL THAT WE NEED, HERE AT THE TABLE OF PLENTY.
Since I can't get the above refrain from "Table of Plenty" out of my head, here it is. Jesus is extending this invitation to each and every one of us, without fail, day in and day out. Are you going to accept the invitation and partake of the Lord's mercy and love? Will you be prepared, clothed in the wedding garment of an open heart, generosity, kindness, compassion, mercy, and love to whomever you find at the table, good and bad alike? Those with whom you have difficulties, or ones who think or act differently? O come and sit at my table, where saints and sinners are friends, I wait to welcome the lost and lonely to share the cup of my love.
May the Blessed Virgin Mary help us to emerge from our frameworks and from our narrow views, proclaiming to everyone that the Lord invites us to His banquet, in order to offer us His saving grace.
(Pope Francis, Angelus Address, October 11, 2020)
HEART OF JESUS, HOUSE OF GOD AND GATE OF HEAVEN,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
POPE SAINT JOHN XXIII,
PRAY FOR US.
© Gertrude Feick 2020
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