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Today, Catholic Christians celebrate the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time.
In the Gospel reading of today (Luke 13: 22-30), as Jesus was passing through various towns and villages, someone asked him if only a few would be saved. Jesus gave an answer that has puzzled Bible scholars and theologians for centuries. Jesus said:
“”Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ He will say to you in reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’ And you will say, ‘We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.’ Then he will say to you, ‘I do not know where (you) are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!’ And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out. And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God. For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
If you think I’m going to adequately explain this passage in this blog, you’re mistaken. I can tell you, however, these things for sure.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we are called to follow the triple love commandment: to love God, to love others, as we love ourselves. To love others is to wish the best for them, and to love ourselves is to wish the best for ourselves.
The best is that all people be saved. Therefore, knowing that Jesus assured us that “ask and it shall be given to you,” we are called to ask God to save all people. “All” means everyone who ever lived, everyone who is alive today, and everyone who will live in the future. How can we ask such an amazing thing? Well, in the Catholic Christian worldview, God’s love has no limits, nor does God’s mercy.
And that is great news for us!
