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Welcome to the feast

Sermon Reading 1: Isaiah 25: 1-9  Reading 2: Matthew 22: 1-14  I think we can all think of a feast we have been to. It may have been a wedding or Christmas or a birthday party. There was loads of food and people and laughter and joy. Someone I know was telling me how he had been to a restaurant and the smells of the food coming from the kitchens took him back to South Korea and the welcome feast he attended when he first started working there. If you have ever smelt Kimchi you’ll know what he meant.  And isn’t it always amazing that food and feasts usually go hand in hand with good emotions. It’s almost as if the food and company rule out negative feelings. The vast majority of get-togethers we go to are happy affairs.  The bible readings today mention 2 feasts. Jesus feast is a warning that God invites everyone to be part of the kingdom but there will be those who reject the invitation or try to enter on their own terms. Isaiah’s feast is part of God’s promise that ...