Come to the Feast!

In about a month and a half, the Roman Catholic Church will implement the revised translation of the Third Roman Missal. This is an exciting time for us as church because it will hopefully bring about a renewed love and devotion for the Eucharistic litury. The translations go back to the Latin language, but the Mass will not be in Latin, it will still be english, but with a more definitive translation. I have been working with our Catholic School students on the changes that are coming and in a couple of weeks I will work with the parish communities. The invitation to the parish communities is, "Come to the Feast!" The feast is the Eucharist and it is our preparation for the great feast that is to come in God's Heavenly Kingdom. Listen to the readings for this weekend because they focus on the feast that is to come. The caption for Isaiah 25:6-10a says, "The Lord will prepare a feast and wipe away the tears from every face." That is the hope of the Resurrection, the promise of eternal life, that death will be destroyed and there will be no more tears. This is the day that we all look forward to. Of course we need to prepare ourselves right now and that is the message of Matthew 22:1-14,
"Invite to the wedding feast whomever you find." However, as Jesus says at the conclusion, "Many are invited, but few are chosen." We all have choices and options in life and hopefully we make the right choice and decisions as we live our lives and our faith. We have a rich history and beautiful traditions in the Catholic Church, all to help us in our journey and sustain us as we walk on the road to the kingdom. Let us come to the feast, be renewed in body and spirit and be thankful for the many gifts that God continues to give to us! Have a blessed weekend!!!