Everything is Ready, Come for the Feast : Am I ready

Gospel Thoughts

*Ordinary Season : 20th Week - Thursday*

*GOSPEL - Mt 22:1-14*

*First Reading - Jgs 11:29-39a*

*Everything is Ready, Come for the Feast : Am I ready*

*1) Kings Preparedness for the wedding Banquet*

The king prepared everything. There wasn't anything lacking 

The items which he prepared for the wedding banquet show his serious and the importance of the function

It was not a simple feast but the wedding banquet of his sons marriage

*2) The Unpreparedness of the guests*

On the other side we see the guests unpreparedness. They were very casual and didn't pay attention to the invitation

Some of them refused to go, some others ignored it and others made fun of the invitation and also ill threated the persons who came to invite them 

Here we see along with the unpreparedness, their arrogance, lack of seriousness and their ignorance about the important things  

*3) The Various types of feasts, to which God invites me everyday*

Like the wedding feast which was organised by the king, we also come across various types of feast in our day today life 

Here we don't talk about feast from the perspectives eating, drinking and making merry. 

We apply this logic to our spiritual life and we can find the following spiritual feasts in our day today life 

*The Feast of Eucharist* : The King - Jesus is always ready with the wedding banquet of the Eucharist. The question is how far I am prepared to enjoy this wedding banquet? 

*The Feast of Reconciliation* : Jesus is always ready to host this dinner at any time of the day, to any one, in any part of the World. There is no shortage of items in this feast. The items like, mercy, forgiveness, reconciliation are available at all time.

 But what is my willingness to receive this banquet?

*The Feast of Service* : Jesus is the Master of service. The opportunities to participate in this feast are plenty. But what is my response? 

*The feast of Love and sacrifice*

The invitation to this banquet meal is available all the time. What is my response? 

*The feast of humility, sincerity, generosity, are available in plenty* - What is my response to these invitation? 

*4)What is the level of my preparedness*

This is the very important questions of our life. The quality of our life depends on the level of our preparedness

How do I prepare? What are the methods do I use in my life? 

*5) The consequences of unpreparedness*

The King was furious. He destroyed their city and also punished them, for their unpreparedness and for their arrogance and pride 

Unpreparedness destroys ones life 

*6) Where is my wedding Garment?*

Wedding garment is the external sign of ones preparedness for the wedding 

The person who came without wearing wedding garment, was thrown into outer darkness

So we need to think about, where are my wedding garments? Am wearing them still today? Or have I lost them

*Think about it*

*God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones*

*Fr Maxim Dsouza*

*Jeppu Seminary*

*Mangalore*