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TAKE FIVE FOR FAITH: Daily renewal for busy Catholics |
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| Sunday, October 9
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Please be seated
Jesus tells perhaps none more masterful a parable than the one about a wedding feast. Parables compare something in a story to something outside the story. As a parable unfolds, the comparison becomes clear and listeners realize they are being challenged to change their behavior or outlook. The parable of the wedding feast has not one but two such moments. First, Jesus’ hearers realized he was pointing out how their rejection of him meant rejecting the Father and the prophets as well. The lucky new invitees to the feast, however, don’t have it much easier, as they find out that merely showing up isn’t enough. What gets you a seat at the table is not who you are or aren’t but whether you have faith and live it. TODAY’S READINGS: Isaiah 25:6-10a; Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20; Matthew 22:1-14 or 22:1-10 (142)
“Many are invited, but few are chosen.” | |
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