JESUS MAFA. The poor invited to the feast,
from Art in the Christian Tradition,
a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library,
Nashville, TN.
[retrieved October 12, 2014].
Each day God invites me to the marriage of
peace and nonviolence
acceptance and nonjudgment
mercy and forgiveness
love and compassion
joy and gratitude.
Sometimes I think I am too busy to attend. Just for today, however, I will accept God’s invitation with a thankful heart.
Speculum Humanae Salvationis, Westfalen oder Köln, um 1360 Courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable…
Finally, [the landowner] sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.'” Matthew 21:37
What kind of God keeps on sending gifts into our lives?
A God who expects us to accept the gift of love and love others. A God who expects us to accept the gift of forgiveness and forgive others. A God who expects us to accept the gift of compassion and give comfort to those who are suffering. A God who expects us to accept the gift of nonviolence and find peaceful solutions to conflict.
A God who trusts us.
Mary Ann McSweeny 