THE GOSPEL
Luke 14:1, 7-14Rather, when you hold a banquet,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind.
Jesus,
at times,
we hobble.
We are frozen.
We see through a fog.
We forget.
But please,
let us come to your banquet.
Hold us up, teach us the way to walk.
Tell us how to love one another.
and how to help
others.
Give us a taste of your feast,
every time we meet you,
in Mass, communion,
and every time
we love.
THE FIRST READING
Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29
My child, conduct your affairs with humility.
Humilis, “lowly”
Literally, “on the ground.”
From the Latin humus, “earth.”
We
emerge
from the earth.
And back to it we go.
With nothing when we come
and nothing to carry with us as we leave.
Nothing but
love.
When we have nothing but your love,
we have it all, everything.
Lord, give us that
one thing
that is
necessary.
THE SECOND READING
Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a
You have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem.
The
mountain:
distant and cold.
Jesus
came to us
and made a door.
Warmth
rushed out,
and it welcomed
each and every
one of us.
Thanks, Lord,
for loving us: you, the
go-between of the new and
everlasting covenant
of love.
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