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Home > Sacraments > Eucharist > Communion reflections > 02 09 2007 - Jesus’ place at a banquet |
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Jesus’ place at a banquet When Jesus goes to a banquet – a wedding reception, a celebration in the club, a parish celebration, he doesn’t seem to look for the top table. He seems to look more in ordinary places, to find congenial company with the person who goes for the lowest place, with the person who hides behind the pillar, with the person hanging back to be invited somewhere. And at the banquet of life he seems to sit with those who get the leftovers and enjoy their company. And he is teaching about heaven as he invites all to the banquet; we are welcomed by God for who we are, for what we have given for what love we have created in life, and tried to give, even with mistakes. What God praises in us may surprise us: the simple moments where we have made a difference in the lives of others, and big moments where we have made our effort to help create a world according to the mind of God. And he embarrassed people in his own day by bringing all sorts of people to the top table. Maybe he will praise in us, what we least expect. Sort of turns things upside down, doesn’t it? |
