Nothing created has ever been able
to fill the heart of man.
God alone can fill it infinitely.
--St. Thomas Aquinas
To return to the king’s command in the parable, the servants are told not only to “go”, but also to “invite”: “Come to the wedding!” (Mt 22:4). Here we can see another, no less important, aspect of the mission entrusted by God. As we can imagine, the servants conveyed the king’s invitation with urgency but also with great respect and kindness. In the same way, the mission of bringing the Gospel to every creature must necessarily imitate the same “style” of the One who is being preached.
--Pope Francis
Image source: Andrey. N. Mironov, Parable of the Wedding Feast (2014). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parable_of_the_Wedding_Feast.jpg
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