Dear Friends,

This weekend we celebrate the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the gospel reading below, we hear the story of the king who invited many guests to the wedding feast for his son; however, some refused the invitation, and others killed his servants. 

The parable is about each of us being invited to God’s feast. As the invited guests, we sometimes refuse the invitation or make excuses. When we sin, we are refusing God’s invitation, and this refusal weakens our relationship with God and each other. May we each strive to answer the invitation call. 

I hope that you enjoy a relaxing Friday and a restful, peaceful week to come. 

 In Christ’s peace,
Mrs. Katie Walsh 

Gospel                                                            Mt 22: 1-14

Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people
in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come.
A second time he sent other servants, saying,
“Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet,
my calves and fattened cattle are killed,
and everything is ready; come to the feast.”‘
Some ignored the invitation and went away,
one to his farm, another to his business.
The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
The king was enraged and sent his troops,
destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready,
but those who were invited were not worthy to come.
Go out, therefore, into the main roads
and invite to the feast whomever you find.’
The servants went out into the streets
and gathered all they found, bad and good alike,
and the hall was filled with guests.
But when the king came in to meet the guests,
he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment.
The king said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?’
But he was reduced to silence.
Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Bind his hands and feet,
and cast him into the darkness outside,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’
Many are invited, but few are chosen.”