<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><u>Bp. Barron's Gospel Reflection:</u></div>
Friends, today’s Gospel likens the kingdom of heaven to a king who gave<i><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> </span></i><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><font size="4"><b>a
wedding feast</b></font></span><i><font size="4"><b> </b></font></i>for his son. Notice that the father (God the Father) is
giving a banquet for <b><font size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">his son (God the Son), </font></b>whose<b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> <font size="4">bride is the Church.</font></span></b><font size="4">
</font>Jesus is the marriage of divinity and humanity—and we his followers are
invited to join in the joy of this union.<br>
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<b><font size="4" style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">The joyful intimacy of the Father and Son is now offered to us to be
shared. </font></b>Listen to Isaiah to learn the details of this banquet: “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.”<br>
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Now there is an edge to all of this. For <b><font size="4" style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">it is <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">the king </span>who is doing the
inviting, and it is a wedding banquet for <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">his son. </span></font></b>We can <font style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)" size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">see </span></font><b><font size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">how
terribly important it is to respond to<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> the invitation of</span> the King of
kings.</font></b><br>
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<div><b><font size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">We </span>have heard the invitation of God </font><font size="2" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">to enter into intimacy with him</font></b><font size="2" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">,</font><font size="4"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> to
make him the center of <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">our</span> lives, </span></b></font><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">to be married to him in Christ</span></font>—and
<b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><font size="4">often we find the most pathetic excuses not <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">to respond</span>. <br></font></span></b></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"> <b><font size="4"><span><span>Pray for us, Mother of God, so that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.</span><span> </span></span></font><span></span></b><font size="4"><b>Amen.</b></font></span></div></div></div><div id="m_-4230948158000206606DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de"><tbody><tr><td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width:46px;height:29px"></a></td><td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:#41424e;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Vírusmentes.<a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" style="color:#4453ea" target="_blank">www.avg.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="#m_-4230948158000206606_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div>
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