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Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

   Thursday morning—August 2^nd— the traffic on HH was significantly backed up due to an auto accident.  How uncomfortable I felt as this trek was not picking up speed, because I could not get there as usual. There was an obstacle in my path and in others’ as well.  This is what is classified as non-Christian behavior.  I was more concerned about getting to church on time rather than thinking about those involved in the wreck, the emergency workers on scene.  The old license and/or bumper sticker What would Jesus do?  Did pause to make me ponder that I was not behaving or acting in the manner Jesus asked me to.

   Jesus welcomes everyone into His Presence, no matter how dysfunctional we might be in circumstances or situations.  Be mindful that Jesus invited everyone—including Judas Iscariot— to His Last Supper table and not only that, but Judas was also the first to leave Mass early, as John the Evangelist mentioned it was cold and dark outside, symbolic of a sinner fleeting from the Holy One of God.  Let us listen to the invitation from Jesus to eat His Body and drink His Blood.