Listen to the homily here.
Notes:
Notes:
Vineyard to a wedding
Let’s start with Jesus
· "The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.”
o King—God
the Father
o The
wedding for His Son—Jesus Christ
· “He dispatched his servants
to summon the invited guests to the feast,
to summon the invited guests to the feast,
·
Today, how do people invite others to a wedding?
o Facebook,
remember the date card, RSVPs, emails
·
And drama in inviting to weddings
o Now
imagine one of your favorite person on earth today and you receive an
invitation to their party
o Would
you not make it?
Flip the other side
· Imagine an important person in your life
would invite you to something
o I will pick Bishop Robert Barron or Pope
Francis
o I’ll make the rules
o I would find a way to make it!
“…but they refused to come.”
· They refused to: "Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed,
and everything is ready; come to the feast."'
and everything is ready; come to the feast."'
o Or
in Isaiah: “On this mountain the LORD of hosts
will provide for all peoples
a feast of rich food and choice wines,
juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.”
will provide for all peoples
a feast of rich food and choice wines,
juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.”
·
Then instead of just not coming to the feast,
they persecuted and slaughtered the servers
o Would
you do that with your imagination of your favorite person?
· “The king was enraged and sent his troops,
destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.”
destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.”
o Remember,
this is a parable
o Literal
o Allegory
or metaphor
o In
one way, Jesus is using exaggeration to wake people up
· “'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…”
and invite to the feast whomever you find…”
o Everyone
Last week I spoke about work, action and produce
This weekend we are called to celebrate with God in the
feast of our King
· So what is Isaiah pointing to the future with
“a feast of rich food and choice wines,
juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines”? Jesus Christ
juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines”? Jesus Christ
· And what was Jesus Christ pointing in this
parable?
o On earth: His Body and Blood…the Eucharist
o In heaven: the eternity feast in heaven
Again, the wedding?
· Jesus Christ was sent to the world to “marry”
each of us both on earth and in heaven
This weekend we are
to be invited to God’s wedding?
· Are you coming?
· If yes or no on earth, will you be invited to
eternity?
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