Keep the Vows Made to the Lord!

 

20th week Thursday in Ordinary Time

Year One

Judges 11: 29-39

Meditation

Keep the Vows Made to the Lord!

Jephthah made a vow that if he won against the Ammonites, he would offer ‘whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet him.’  Upon returning from the war, he met his only daughter, and he was dismayed.  The daughter agrees to keep his father's promise to God.  She takes time to be in the desert and comes back to be an offering to the Lord.

We make vows to the Lord, but we break them. Great are the men who make vows to the Lord and keep them.  Jephthah is a good example of keeping the vow made to the Lord.  Keeping the word and keeping the vows made to the Lord is keeping the laws of God. Those who keep the laws of God will always be blessed

Do we keep the vows made to the Lord?

Year Two

Ezekiel 36:23-28

The people of Israel were lost in the pagan land.  The Lord promises them that he will bring back Israel to their own land.  He will sanctify them and make them a people and nation according to his plan. He purifies them and makes them obey his laws. The people of Israel love their God, and they remember what God has done to them.

God comes to our help in every event of our lives.  We need faith and trust in him.  God will not leave us to evil or in sin.  He seeks ways to restore us to our original state of innocence.  Our God is holy, and he leads us to a life of holiness.

Do we trust that God sanctifies us?

Mt 22:1-14

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’ Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so, the wedding hall was filled with guests. (Mt 22:8-10).

The Lord invites special people for his banquet, but they were found not worthy; so, he fills the wedding hall with good and bad alike. The Lord wants to fill the banquet hall with people. He is not worried about who the people are. The Lord wants everyone to come and enjoy the meal. God does not show partiality. God loves the whole of humanity. He has no more or less important people. All are children of God. For God has no discrimination; instead, the divisions are manmade.  God’s creation is unique. God wants all to enter the Kingdom of God.

Do you know that God prepared a wedding banquet for you?

Pope St Pius X

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