Daily Inspiration

“One of those at table with Jesus said to him, "Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God." He replied to him, "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. The first said to him, 'I have purchased a field and must go to examine it; I ask you, consider me excused.' And another said, 'I have purchased five yoke of oxen and am on my way to evaluate them; I ask you, consider me excused.' And another said, 'I have just married a woman, and therefore I cannot come.' The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and the lame.' The servant reported, 'Sir, your orders have been carried out and still there is room.' The master then ordered the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled. For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.'"-Luke 14:15-24

Christ calls us to celebrate the sacrifice of the Mass with Him, yet how often do we turn away from His offer? It isn’t just that we may not attend His feast, but often when we are there, our minds are on, “more important”, things. As if anything could be more important than His sacrifice for us. I’m ashamed that I once lived my life by making excuses to not attend, and even now there are times at Mass when I still struggle to focus and push out the enemy's distractions. I take for granted this miracle, where Heaven comes down and touches Earth, and I beg the Lord’s forgiveness. The word Mass comes from the Latin word Missa, and means, Go, you are sent. So let us all go out and bring with us into His banquet, all who we find.

All Dominican Saints, pray for us.

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Jesus, I trust in you!