Homily OT (A) 28th Sunday - Many Are Called

Core Message:

FOR THE MIND: What do I want them to KNOW?· Insert here what you want them to KNOW. FOR THE HEART: What do I want them to FEEL? · Insert here what you want them to FEEL.

Homily

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Readings

ORDINARY TIME

TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

YEAR A | ROMAN MISSAL | LECTIONARY

First Reading Isaiah 25:6–10a

Response Psalm 23:6cd

Psalm Psalm 23:1–6

Second Reading Philippians 4:12–14, 19–20

Gospel Acclamation Ephesians 1:17–18

Gospel Matthew 22:1–14 or Matthew 22:1–10

FIRST READING

Isaiah 25:6–10a

6 On this 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.

7 On this mountain he will destroy

the veil that veils all peoples,

The web that is woven over all nations.

8 He will destroy death forever.

The Lord GOD will wipe away

the tears from all faces;

The reproach of his people he will remove

from the whole earth; for the LORD has spoken.

9 On that day it will be said:

“Indeed, this is our God; we looked to him, and he saved us!

This is the LORD to whom we looked;

let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!”

10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain,

but Moab will be trodden down

as straw is trodden down in the mire.

RESPONSE

Psalm 23:6cd

6 Indeed, goodness and mercy will pursue me

all the days of my life;

I will dwell in the house of the LORD

for endless days.

PSALM

Psalm 23:1–6

1 A psalm of David.

The LORD is my shepherd;

there is nothing I lack.

2 In green pastures he makes me lie down;

to still waters he leads me;

3 he restores my soul.

He guides me along right paths

for the sake of his name.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil, for you are with me;

your rod and your staff comfort me.

5 You set a table before me

in front of my enemies;

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

6 Indeed, goodness and mercy will pursue me

all the days of my life;

I will dwell in the house of the LORD

for endless days.

SECOND READING

Philippians 4:12–14, 19–20

12 I know indeed how to live in humble circumstances; I know also how to live with abundance. In every circumstance and in all things I have learned the secret of being well fed and of going hungry, of living in abundance and of being in need. 13 I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me. 14 Still, it was kind of you to share in my distress.

19 My God will fully supply whatever you need, in accord with his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. 20 To our God and Father, glory forever and ever. Amen.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Ephesians 1:17–18

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge of him. 18 May the eyes of [your] hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones,

GOSPEL

Option A

Matthew 22:1–14

1 Jesus again in reply spoke to them in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. 3 He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. 4 A second time he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast.” ’ 5 Some ignored the invitation and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. 6 The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. 7 The king was enraged and sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. 9 Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find.’ 10 The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests. 11 But when the king came in to meet the guests he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment. 12 He said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?’ But he was reduced to silence. 13  Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’ 14 Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

Catholic Daily Readings (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009).

Roman Missal

TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Entrance Antiphon [Ps 130 (129):3–4]

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,

Lord, who could stand?

But with you is found forgiveness,

O God of Israel.

Collect

May your grace, O Lord, we pray,

at all times go before us and follow after

and make us always determined

to carry out good works.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

Prayer over the Offerings

Accept, O Lord, the prayers of your faithful

with the sacrificial offerings,

that, through these acts of devotedness,

we may pass over to the glory of heaven.

Through Christ our Lord.

Communion Antiphon [Cf. Ps 34 (33):11]

The rich suffer want and go hungry,

but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.

Or: [1 Jn 3:2]

When the Lord appears, we shall be like him,

for we shall see him as he is.

Prayer after Communion

We entreat your majesty most humbly, O Lord,

that, as you feed us with the nourishment

which comes from the most holy Body and Blood of your Son,

so you may make us sharers of his divine nature.

Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

The Roman Missal: Renewed by Decree of the Most Holy Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, Promulgated by Authority of Pope Paul VI and Revised at the Direction of Pope John Paul II, Third Typical Edition. (Washington D.C.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2011), 488.

CCC

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

CCC 543-546: Jesus invites sinners, but demands conversion CCC 1402-1405, 2837: the Eucharist is the foretaste of the Messianic Banquet

Catechism of the Catholic Church (U.S. Edition with Glossary and Index) VII. The Eucharist—“Pledge of the Glory to Come”

1402 In an ancient prayer the Church acclaims the mystery of the Eucharist: “O sacred banquet in which Christ is received as food, the memory of his Passion is renewed, the soul is filled with grace and a pledge of the life to come is given to us.” If the Eucharist is the memorial of the Passover of the Lord Jesus, if by our communion at the altar we are filled “with every heavenly blessing and grace,” then the Eucharist is also an anticipation of the heavenly glory. (1323; 1130)

1403 At the Last Supper the Lord himself directed his disciples’ attention toward the fulfillment of the Passover in the kingdom of God: “I tell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.” Whenever the Church celebrates the Eucharist she remembers this promise and turns her gaze “to him who is to come.” In her prayer she calls for his coming: “Marana tha!” “Come, Lord Jesus!” “May your grace come and this world pass away!”245 (671)

1404 The Church knows that the Lord comes even now in his Eucharist and that he is there in our midst. However, his presence is veiled. Therefore we celebrate the Eucharist “awaiting the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ,” asking “to share in your glory when every tear will be wiped away. On that day we shall see you, our God, as you are. We shall become like you and praise you for ever through Christ our Lord.”247 (1041; 1028)

1405 There is no surer pledge or clearer sign of this great hope in the new heavens and new earth “in which righteousness dwells,” than the Eucharist. Every time this mystery is celebrated, “the work of our redemption is carried on” and we “break the one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote for death, and the food that makes us live for ever in Jesus Christ.”249 (1042; 1000)

Catechism of the Catholic Church (U.S. Edition with Glossary and Index) IV. “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”

2837 “Daily” (epiousios) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. Taken in a temporal sense, this word is a pedagogical repetition of “this day,” to confirm us in trust “without reservation.” Taken in the qualitative sense, it signifies what is necessary for life, and more broadly every good thing sufficient for subsistence. Taken literally (epiousios: “super-essential”), it refers directly to the Bread of Life, the Body of Christ, the “medicine of immortality,” without which we have no life within us. Finally in this connection, its heavenly meaning is evident: “this day” is the Day of the Lord, the day of the feast of the kingdom, anticipated in the Eucharist that is already the foretaste of the kingdom to come. For this reason it is fitting for the Eucharistic liturgy to be celebrated each day. (2659; 2633; 1405; 1166; 1389)

The Eucharist is our daily bread. The power belonging to this divine food makes it a bond of union. Its effect is then understood as unity, so that, gathered into his Body and made members of him, we may become what we receive.… This also is our daily bread: the readings you hear each day in church and the hymns you hear and sing. All these are necessities for our pilgrimage.

The Father in heaven urges us, as children of heaven, to ask for the bread of heaven. [Christ] himself is the bread who, sown in the Virgin, raised up in the flesh, kneaded in the Passion, baked in the oven of the tomb, reserved in churches, brought to altars, furnishes the faithful each day with food from heaven.

Notes

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5 Qualities of Good Preaching – Bishop Robert Barron

1. Mystical· Prayer is not a help to healthy preaching. It’s indispensable.· Allow Jesus to seize you so that your words become his.· It is no longer I who preach but Christ who preaches in me. 2. Biblical· From Origen to Newman, all the great preachers knew that good preaching is biblical.· Beware not to make anecdotes eclipse the biblical message. 3. Ennerving· When Paul preached, riots started. When I preach, they serve me tea.· Beware of domesticating God’s Word of fire. 4. Call to Conversion· Metanoiete! Good preaching shines a light, so sinners sense the need to renew their lives. 5. Summons to Mission· From the fishing boat in Galilee to the road to Emmaus, Jesus called sinners to mission.