Sunday 15 October 2023 – XXVIII of Ordinary Time

+ From the Gospel according to Matthew (22, 1 – 14)

At that time, Jesus began speaking again in parables [to the chief priests and Pharisees] and said:
«The kingdom of heaven is like a king, who gave a wedding feast for his son. He sent his servants to call the guests to the wedding, but they did not want to come.
He again sent other servants with this order: Say to the guests: “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened animals are already killed and everything is ready; come to the wedding!”. But they didn’t care and went some to their own fields, some to their own business; others then took his servants, insulted them and killed them. Then the king was indignant: he sent his troops, had those murderers killed and set their city on fire.
Then he said to his servants: “The wedding feast is ready, but the guests were not worthy; go now to the street crossroads and call everyone you find to the wedding.” Going out into the streets, those servants gathered everyone they found, bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
The king entered to see the guests and there he saw a man who was not wearing his wedding dress. He said to him: “Friend, how come you came in here without the wedding dress?”. He fell silent. Then the king ordered the servants: “Bind him hand and foot and throw him outside into the darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Word of the Lord.