The King’s Invitation

Matthew 22:1-14

The parable of the king’s wedding feast is a parable about the Kingdom of God. We are invited to join the feast, and to enter into the Kingdom of God.

The religious leaders of the time rejected the invitation. They didn’t want to be changed, to be transformed. They preferred their familiar, routine, lives. 

We are like this. We often prefer to remain citizens of the mundane world, to live our lives as usual under the reign of our own will.

Just belonging to the Church is not enough. We’re called to go beyond silent attendance. Hearing the call is easy. Marrying the Son of God is difficult, because this requires us to actually change our lives.

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