Yesterday we had the beautiful reading from Isaiah 25: 6-10a,
reminding us that on the “mountain the
Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice
wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.
On this mountain,” Isaiah explains, “…[Yahweh] will destroy the veil
that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations; …[God] will
destroy death forever. The Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face;
the reproach of his people …[God] will remove from the whole earth; for the
Lord has spoken. On that day it will be said: ‘Behold our God, to whom we
looked to save us! This is the Lord for whom we looked; let us rejoice and be
glad that he has saved us!’ For the hand of the Lord will rest on this
mountain.” Every Sunday and any day
of the week when we participate in the Catholic Mass, we come to this mountain
and are provided “a feast of rich food
and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines,” becoming the
body and blood of Christ in the transubstantiation. We are made one with the Lord, who comes to save us, to destroy death for us, to
wipe away our tears, to remove the reproach of Satan and of the law from us
and from the whole earth through his death and resurrection.
Yes, Jesus invites us to the banquet (Mt 22: 1-4). Will
we come? Will we look to the one who can save us? Are we willing to put on the
wedding garment of good deeds, of honesty and integrity, of humility and
repentance, of love and forgiveness of ourselves and others?
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