This week’s Gospel message for Sunday, October 15th is from Matthew 22:1-14.
Jesus [said], “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. Then [the king] said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find.’ The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests. . . Many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Reflection
“The Gospel parable makes clear that our appropriate response to an invitation to a feast is acceptance. But beyond that, what should be our response to such generosity from God? Giving to others passes God’s generosity on to others. May we realize the ultimate source of all that we are blessed with, so that we may be like the king’s servants, who could have attended the feast alone, but continued to pass that generosity along until it had spread all over the region.” SOURCE: Pastoral Patterns, Autumn 2023
DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday Romans 1:1-7; Luke 11:29-32
Tuesday Romans 1:16-25; Luke 11:37-41
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr (Memorial) – “Born around the time of Christ’s death, he was a leading figure in the Church in Antioch, where he was bishop for thirty-eight years. He was condemned for confessing Christ, and sent to be executed in the Roman Colosseum.”
Wednesday 2 Timothy 4:10-17b; Luke 10:1-9
Saint Luke, Evangelist (Feast) – “The tradition of the early Church considers the author of two volumes (a gospel and the Acts of the Apostles) to be a certain Luke, a physician and companion of Paul.”
Thursday Romans 3:21-30; Luke 11:47-54
Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs (Memorial) – “The North American martyrs were martyred between 1642 and 1649 in the United States and in Canada. While ministering to the Huron and Mohawk nations, they persisted until they were captured, tortured, and killed.”
Friday Romans 4:1-8; Luke 12:1-7
Saturday Romans 4:13, 16-18; Luke 12:8-12
SOURCE: Living with Christ, October 2023