Twenty-Eight Sunday in Ordinary Time
Scripture Reading: Matthew 22:1-14
Let us begin today’s Sunday reflection with a song written by an American Medical Mission Sister Miriam Therese Winter in 1966. The fourth standard of the hymn goes thus: “Now God has written a lesson for the rest of the mankind; If we’re slow at responding, he may leave us behind. He’s preparing a banquet for that great and glorious day when the Lord and Master calls us, be certain not to say”. Chorus: “I cannot come to the banquet, I cannot come to the banquet, don’t trouble me now. I have married a wife; I have bought me a cow. I have fields and commitments that cost a pretty sum. Pray, hold me excused, I cannot come.”
This is really inspiring.
The guests were caught unawares but some were still prepared for the feast. This is to tell us that there would be no excuse to exempt us. Let us prepare always and ask for the grace of God to do so for we can’t do it on our own. May God’s mercy and grace continue to be with us all.