This is my word for the moment – lavish! God’s love towards us is so lavish! He lavishes his love and grace upon us. The theme which runs through this Sunday’s liturgy is one
of lavish abundance. The opposite of lavish is scarcity,
insignificance, and stingy. God does not scrimp with his love and his
mercy. Just read this: “The Lord of Hosts will prepare for all peoples a
banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of food rich and juicy,
of fine strained wines” (First Reading) and then in the Psalm, “The Lord
is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want...you have prepared a
banquet for me in the sight of my foes. My head you have anointed with
oil; my cup is overflowing.” Then in the Second Reading, St. Paul
reminds the Philippians that “My God will fulfil all your needs, in
Christ Jesus, as lavishly as only God can.” God doesn’t just love; He
lavishes us with love. God dispenses His goodness not with an eyedropper
but a fire hydrant.
Over the past three weeks we ha…