2017October 15,SUN28ORDA
IS 25:6-10A
PS 23:1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6 R. (6cd) I shall live in the house of
the Lord all the days of my life.
PHIL 4:12-14, 19-20
MT 22:1-14
Good….
Today we celebrate the 28th
Sunday in Ordinary Time A and the Theme of the Readings today is about the Kingdom of Heaven.
In the Gospel today Jesus proclaims
to us the three elements of the Kingdom
of Heaven: 1. That the Kingdom of
God is first given to the select few; 2. When those invited were unworthy, the
Kingdom of God is given to All and 3. Lastly, those who receive the Kingdom of
Heaven must be worthy of it.
In our Judeo-Christian Tradition,
we know that the Faith was first given
to the Jews with their experience from Abraham to Moses and to Jesus Christ.
This Faith contains the promise of Kingdom of Heaven. But this Faith was misunderstood as something exclusive
only for the select few which the Leaders of the Community like the priest and
scribes, and Pharisees thought that they have the Control of this Kingdom
of Heaven.
This misunderstanding was corrected by Jesus that no one controls the
Kingdom of Heaven but only God Alone. The leaders of the people : the Chief
Priest and the Elders of the People did not accept and believe the Teachings of
Jesus about the Kingdom of Heaven. And so Jesus told them this parable of the
Kingdom of Heaven.
Those who were invited first into
the Kingdom were unworthy of the kingdom because they value more their
concerns. The Gospel says: “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”.
Three reactions and values of those invited: the Farm, the Business, and the prejudice
against the servants of the King. And death
comes to these people because they value more their own concerns than the
Kingdom of Heaven.
As Christians today, we are all invited into the Wedding Feast ,
into the Kingdom of Heaven and with this invitation, we have to be worthy of
the Kingdom of Heaven. And to be worthy is
“to put on the wedding garment when we go to the wedding feast”, and
wedding garment that we need to wear is Christ. St. Paul says that we have to put on Christ and this means
that we have to value what Christ values
in life and the values of Christ are: service to those in need, love and
acceptance of the poor and solidarity with everyone.
As Christians, Do we live these
values of Christ in our lives ? AMEN
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