This week's readings are offering me an abundance of food for thought:
http://www.usccb.org/nab/101208.shtml
In both the first reading and the Gospel, we see an image of God setting out a beautiful, rich feast and inviting us to come and enjoy. The table is set, the decorations laid, the delicious and plentiful food prepared. And God has asked us to come and sit down.
I know that I often feel too busy to accept the invitation. I settle for a bowl of cereal standing up in my kitchen on the way out the door instead of sitting down for a real meal with my family.
Or else I hold out for a better seat at the table, next to someone I like more.
Or sometimes that table of plenty just looks too good to be true, and I don't trust that God can really have provided it with me specially in mind. I choose instead my known, but safe, stale bread instead of joyfully diving into the feast in front of me. I find it too hard to open my hands and receive the bounty God desires to give me.
Sometimes I just seem to run around the table, double checking all the details and trying to do all the work myself, and not feeling particularly generous in my heart.
How can I accept God's invitation to the feast in my life this week? What can I do to allow myself a taste of that banquet?