The poor invited to the feast, Jesus Mafa,
From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library
Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr
“Rather, when you hold a banquet,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.
For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
(Luke 14:13–14)
Fr. Smith’s Commentary on the Second Reading
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Hebrews 12:18–19, 22–24a
August 28, 2022
The author of the Letter to the Hebrews set himself a delicate task. He wrote to educated Christians who were born Jews, thus Hebrews. They have become discouraged waiting for Jesus’ return to initiate the kingdom of God in its fullness. They are also now subject to the Roman law to offer sacrifice to the emperor from which Jews were exempted. The author needed to show them that Jesus was all powerful, would return, and that waiting for him was the best thing a Jew could do. We conclude today our examination of Chapter 12 with another reason for trusting in Jesus.
Continue reading “22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Coming to Know Jesus”