repaid. When you give a feast, invite instead the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind.
Fortunate are you then, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection
of the upright.”

Reflect:

Much of what unfolds in human commerce is self-interest couched in mutuality. “You scratch
my back, and I will scratch yours” is the principle that generally guides interactions, be it at
personal level or national or international levels. It is said that the 1994 Rwandan genocide
did not move powerful nations to intervene precisely because they had nothing to gain out
of an intervention there – no minerals, no oil fields! On smaller and subtle scales we do the
same in our little worlds as well, which Jesus points out today. He invites us to be more
redemptive and unconditional; to share our blessings and tables with those who may not
return the favor. In other words, give without counting the cost and with no expectations;
and very specially, to invite those on the margins to the center of our lives. And he promises
to remember our good deeds on the day that counts most!

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