“So the Wedding Hall Was Filled with Guests”
We praise you, O God, that when all is said and done your banquet hall will be filled.
We acknowledge, O God, that some of us may be surprised by who fills it.
We implore you, O God, not to let us be so blind to your great grace that we ignore or despise the invitation to be part of what you in your great grace are doing and a part of those whom you in your great grace are inviting.
Amen.
“Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. Again he sent other slaves, saying, “Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.” But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his slaves, maltreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then he said to his slaves, “The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.” Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.” (Matthew 22:1-10)
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