Human reasoning does not lead to understanding

The text from the letter of Paul to the Romans from the Roman Catholic Lectionary declares that the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable. This is a difficult concept for people to embrace. We are familiar with the concept of the "deal breaker" or the offense from which we could never consider reconciliation. We look and see that we are gifted and we are called to be in intimate relationship with the Creator. How do we progress? The psalmist is aware of the deep passion in people to seek God. We might join in his petition to God for an answer to the questions of this search.  The instructions of Jesus to his followers from the Gospel of Luke sets the expectation that the feast of the Kingdom is prepared for those we might least expect to meet there. As we find ourselves among the poor, crippled, lame and blind, in other words, aware of our broken-ness, we find the eternal invitation to dwell there in the Body of Christ in the abundance of His steadfast love.