https://www.associationofcatholicpriests.ie/2019/11/03-november-2019-31st-sunday-c/
I quote:
For you love all things that are
and loathe nothing that you have made;
for you would not fashion what you hate.
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Knocking on Heaven's door is a matter of opening our life to the wisdom that flows from within our life, inviting us to let Him become our enlightening friend. Biblical stories are structured to reveal truth as it relates to the guidance that Our Father reveals to all who open their doors, to The Saviour asking us to let Him lead us through our life's story.
Listen! I am standing and knocking at your door. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together
~Apocalypse 3:20
Today's Gospel tells a story of Jesus asking a prosperous public servant to let Him lodge at his home. The tax collector is mindful that he is despised, and shunned by his fellow Jews the result of abusing his position. The public servant enthusiastically welcomes Jesus into his home.
The flawed human person has no exceptions. None is perfect. None of us are without blemishes the result of our choices.
Little by little, therefore, you correct those who offend, you admonish and remind them of how they have sinned so that they may abstain from evil and trust in you Lord.
When we open the door of our life to the guidance of The Saviour, our past is extinguished by Our Father's forgiveness, and joy that we have returned to His loving care.
But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook sins for the sake of repentance.
Our conscience will daily invite us to change our ways, finally allowing Him to enter our life that we may better know Him, as The One who has invited us to sup at His table.
The parable of The Prodigal Son also provides a similar lesson inviting us to return to Our Father's care, and protection despite having walked away from Him to pursue our self destructive way.
http://www.usccb.org/bible/wisdom/11#27011023-p
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