Lamb’s wedding.

„ The kingdom of heaven resembles a king who arranged a wedding for his son.“ The effort to experience the Eucharist as heaven on earth will gradually open the gates of eternity for us. Jesus’ parables are immensely rich, and we cannot feel exempt from any of them. No one can say: ,, this parable does not concern me“. Each of them is a direct invitation from the Lord to reevaluate the state of our souls. What we find in today’s Gospel admits many levels of reading, but this time we can focus on one detail: the fact that the king is preparing a feast to celebrate his son’s wedding. Who is this king? God the Father. Who is the son? Of course, Jesus Christ. Who is the bride? Church.

So what is the feast? Holy Mass. 

Every day, just before Holy Communion, we hear from the mouth of the priest: „Behold, the Lamb of God, which takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those who are invited to the feast of the Lamb“. These words are a combination of what Saint John the Baptist says to his disciples ( John 1, 29), and what is announced at the end of the Apocalypse: „Blessed are those who are invited to the Lamb’s wedding feast“.

Let us not forget that the Lord tells this parable to the high priests and elders of the people, that is, to people considered pious. Therefore, it is imperative that those of us who try to live the Eucharist daily feel the challenge of these words of Jesus. At each Mass, the Lord expects us to participate in it with the proper dispositions. For if we carry out a sincere examination of conscience, we realize that sometimes we are present in Mass with the body, but our heads are elsewhere: „oni did not heed and went: one to his field, another behind your store“. While the Lamb’s wedding is taking place, we often find ourselves preoccupied with our trivial concerns.

Or we can also be that person who hasn’t put on a wedding garment, either because our outward appearance seems to reveal that we don’t give him the importance he deserves, or because we did not pay enough attention to distant and close preparation of the soul, through frequent confession and daily prayer. In any case, today’s Gospel is an excellent opportunity to rediscover that the Eucharist is a pignuts vitae eternal: the promise of (which is synonymous with the guarantee) of eternal life. Experiencing Mass as it is, like heaven on earth, will be what opens the gates of eternity for us.