From today's first reading: "On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations; he will destroy death forever."
From today's second reading: "My God will fully supply whatever you need, in accord with his glorious riches in Christ Jesus."
From today's gospel: "Then [the king] said to his servants, 'The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find.' The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests."
The God we meet in these readings is, in the words of Jesuit priest Michael Rossman, "scandalously generous."
"If the teacher is capable of embracing her own ignorance in a generous way then she will, in turn, unlock the student's capacity to embrace her own [ignorance] and thus transform a deadly secret into the desire to learn, grow and master. It is in this way that a climate of trust is fostered between pupil and teacher and cognitive shame is overcome." (J. Aultman Moore, "Shame and Learning in Plato's Apology")
"You are obliged in your work to teach the truths of faith to your disciples and to instruct them in their religion. To fulfill well this duty, you ought to consecrate yourself entirely and even, if necessary, to give your life. Is this how you act? Do you have this generous disposition?" (De La Salle, Med. 135.2)
Will we allow our scandalous generosity to help us share even more with our students? Let them see what is truly inside of us? Give more than we thought possible?
Live, Jesus, in our hearts!