“A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is now ready.’ But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves." (Luke 14: 16 - 18).
The Great Dinner represents the Heavenly Banquet, the Marriage Feast of the Lamb. The Sunday Eucharist is a replica, a rehearsal of the Heavenly Banquet. The Host of the Banquet is the Lord Jesus Himself.
Why should anyone reject such an invitation? Such brazen insult reminds one of the Sin against the 1st Commandment:
#1. " I am the Lord your God: You shall have no strange gods before Me." (Exodus 20: 3).
Do I love anybody or anything more than God?
Do I give God time everyday for prayer? Do I seek to love him with my whole heart? Have I been involved with superstitious practices? Have I been involved with the occult? Do I seek to surrender myself to God’s Word as taught by the Church? Have I ever received Communion in a state of mortal sin?
"Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled." (Luke 14: 23)
The Lord Jesus wants the Sunday Mass to be filled to capacity.
"Make holy the Lord's Day."
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