SEASONS OF THE CHURCH YEAR
TRINITY 2
God brings us salvation out of the overflowing abundance of grace poured out upon us: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is God in three persons—Three in One and One in Three. Jesus, seated at the right hand of the Father, pours out the Holy Spirit upon us to believe and receive all that our triune God has to give us (see Acts 2:33). In Holy Baptism, God’s powerful Word of promise is spoken over us with the pouring of water as the triune name is placed upon us
HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) Moline, IL
TEXT
Luke 14:15-24
New King James Version
The Parable of the Great Supper
15 Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
16 Then He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many,
17 and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’
18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’
19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’
20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’
21 So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.’
22 And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’
23 Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24 For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’ ”
REFLECTION
Christ is the Servant of the Parable, the One whom God elects to extend the universal invitation; He is the very Voice of God, who calls all people to the Banquet. The Table has been set, the food prepared, and the drink procured; the invitations have been sent and the Servant stands ready and willing to usher in the honored guests. But one after another, the guests make their excuses. One says he must work his land, another must train his animals, and yet another must attend to his homelife. Every excuse offered is rooted in physical appetite; the needs and wants of the body are many and there is no shortage of reasons available for why a person does not have time to attend to spiritual matters. Afterall, there’s work to be done, pleasures to seek, empires to expand, profits to be made...
So, the Master extends a new invitation, which includes an even wider pool of guests. This new guestlist includes the untouchables: the poor, the disabled, the lame, the blind...
Christ goes forth and finds even more hiding in the back alleys of life. For with the Lord there is plentiful redemption...
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The Great Banquet
HYMN
Glory be to God the Father!
1 Glory be to God the Father,
glory be to God the Son,
glory be to God the Spirit:
great Jehovah, Three in One!
Glory, glory while eternal ages run!
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