BULLETIN & INFORMATION

 WEEKLY THOUGHTS 28th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 

OCTOBER 11, 2026

Dear Friends, 

 Greetings and best wishes to you all. Rest assured of my prayers to all enduring ill health, loss, grief and other challenges. I wish to remind you to pray the Rosary for this month of October dedicated to Mary- our Mother and Jesus our Savior.

 In the Gospel Readings of the previous two Sundays, we heard Jesus teaching against the hypocrisy of the chief priests and elders of the people for the rejection of messengers God sent to announce the Kingdom of God. In the parable of the wicked servants, the people of Israel killed the servants – prophets sent including the Son expected to be heir to the vineyard.

 In the Gospel Reading of this Sunday; Mt 22: 1-14 Jesus speaks to the people about the Kingdom of God compared to a King who sends out invitations to people for the Wedding feast of his son. The parable is about the chosen people of Israel. God had extended calls through prophets to change their rebellious ways and behavior. Out of the many invited, few turned up like tax collectors and sinners. 

 The King extended invitations to whoever would be found on the streets and crossroads to come to the banquet. When the King checked in at the wedding hall, he noticed one without a wedding garment. When asked by the King how he got in the hall, the man was numb and said nothing. The King ordered the man be thrown out of the wedding hall. What was the problem with this man? 

 The man without a wedding garment failed to grow in grace – which is a wedding garment everyone called at Baptism to keep clean and make effort to clean if stained. This man represents all those called but have failed to grow in grace and virtue or sacramental life. This means, the invitation of Jesus has to be accepted now; not tomorrow.

 Sometimes, responding to God’s invitation requires me to drop or detach myself from some habit. I need the grace to respond to God’s invitation to embrace transformation and holiness.

 To seek holiness, I need humility, seek forgiveness and reconciliation as methods to grow in personal spirituality and holiness. Being baptized, confirmed, married in the Church or even an ordained minister is not enough to earn me salvation.  I need to walk the road to grace and holiness.  I need to be a doer of the will of God.

 There will be no weekday Masses this week as I will be away for the Convocation.

 Have a great week and God bless.