The invitation is on the table. Yes, Jesus is inviting all of us to a deeper relationship of love and trust. It is an age-old invitation dating back to his days in Palestine when he called his first disciples. But,as we see in today's Gospel Passage, we are free to ignore the invitation, not that it does us any good, and leaves Jesus frustrated. (Mt:22:1-14). Yet over the centuries to this day, the invitation to a happier life, a wedding feast, still goes out.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux accepted the invitation and offered it to 31 on others who accepted it and followed him into the monastery at Citeaux. In the course of his life, the invitation continued to bring members to the monastic life to the tune of the 70 monasteries he founded. Even if we cannot join a monastery, the invitation to a more sincere and devoted Christian[life of prayer and service to others can be accepted and incorporated into our lives. The extra time we all have due to the Corona Virus restrictions is a gift and an enticement to delve deeper into prayer and reflection on the Scriptures...15 minutes a day is not much to ask of us, but soon we find we are spending a half-hour or more in this new-found oasis. May we not ignore the invitation but take it to heart and turn our lives in the direction of Jesus.
Bro. Rene
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