This coming Sunday is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. The gospel is from Luke 14:25-33. Here is the sequence of Sunday gospels in these Sundays of Ordinary Time. After having critiqued host and guests alike at the human banquet of the Pharisee, the Sunday choices for gospels passes over the description and invitation to the heavenly banquet

Luke’s Sunday Year C Reading

14:1-14 Honor and Humility at Table 22^nd Sunday
14:15-24 Invitation to the Great Banquet passed over
14:25-33 The Cost of Discipleship 23^rd Sunday
15:1-32 Parables of the Lost and Found 24^th Sunday

In the gospel passage containing the invitation to the heavenly banquet, Jesus tells a parable about those who take a banquet invitation too lightly and because of their casual attitude lose their own right to a place at the table and are replaced by others. This echoes Jesus’ previous lament over Jerusalem (13:31-35).