October 11, 2026 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

+ From the Gospel according to Matthew (22:1-14)

At that time, Jesus spoke again in parables [to the chief priests and the Pharisees] and said:
“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He sent his servants to summon those invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.
He sent other servants again with this order: ‘Tell those invited: “Look, I have prepared my banquet; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding!”‘ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his field, another to his business; others seized his servants, insulted them, and killed them. Then the king became enraged: he sent his troops, had those murderers killed, and burned their city.
Then he said to his servants: ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy; go now to the crossroads and invite everyone you find to the wedding.’ Those servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they found, bad and good alike, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
The king entered to see the guests and there he spotted a man who was not wearing a wedding garment. He said to him: ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ The man was speechless. Then the king ordered the servants: ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him out into the darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
For many are called, but few are chosen.”

The Gospel of the Lord