July 7, 2019 - In the Parable of the Banquet found in the Gospel of St. Luke 14, a man sets a banquet and invites many to attend. He has his servant go out and announce that the banquet is now ready. In this homily we learn that the nature of God is to offer all that He has to all whom He has created. His desire is that none be left out of the banquet. We also learn that each of us in the Church has become the living invitations through which God invites and compels all to come in that they may have eternal life.