On this Solemnity of All Saints, we remember the German Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who ran an underground seminary in resistance to the Nazi regime, wrote "The Cost of Discipleship," and was hanged at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp.
God prepares a feast of rich food and choice wines for all peoples. So why, for four Sundays running, does Matthew's Gospel show people refusing to come?
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. These readings challenge us to confront the scandal of the cross and ask what it truly means to follow Christ, even when the world calls it foolish.