Immensely Rich

Carmelite homily for Lectionary 485 – Monday, November 4, 2019

In today’s Gospel Jesus tells us to invite to the poor, the crippled, the blind, the lame – in a word, everybody – to a banquet that we hold.  We think, “How can we do this?”  Teresa of Avila reminds us.  She says, “How can we share our gifts lavishly if we do not understand that we are rich?”  That’s how we can do this.  We are immensely rich.  We can share with everybody.