Gospel: Mark 2: 13-17
Today's Gospel presents us with two table fellowship meals. Let us consider them separately. The first is at the house of Levi, a notorious public sinner. At this table other notorious public sinners come to dine with Jesus and a transformation takes place. As the elements of food are transformed, so too are those at table. They are aware of their sin and seek to lead different lives. The table fellowship enables them to seek and attain this transformation in their lives.
At the other table are the Pharisees. Jesus welcomes them to table as well, but it becomes a very different dynamic. Those at table focus entirely on the sinfulness of other people, their unworthiness to be at table fellowship. They perseverate on what Jesus does and does not do. It is a table of judgment. While the elements are transformed, the people at table are not, for they see no need to change themselves, only others.
To which table do I belong? Which table might describe the community to which I belong and associate? Are we at a table of transformation, or a table of judgment? Where we sit matters a great deal.
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