Fast and wedding

A wedding is a time of joy when two people, a man, and a woman, decide to unite their lives before God and before the Church’s representative. It’s a time of enthusiasm. I mutual joy of each other is also transmitted to their surroundings and subjugates. It’s a time when people are kind of closer to each other and know how to forgive everything. They enjoy the present tense and try to use it to the fullest and with gusto.
Disappointed people came to Jesus and asked him why he was not fasting and why he does not lead his disciples who follow him. Jesus tells them: “Can wedding guests fast while the groom is with them? As long as they have, they cannot fast for each other. But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then on that day, they will fast ”(Mk 2: 19-20).
Jesus accepts fasting as such. He had a deep in the Jewish nation tradition and a clear reason. By fasting, the Jews expressed their state of mourning as it was, e.g., in David’s case, when he learned of Saul and Jonathan’s deaths and the slaughter of all his people, he rent his clothes, and likewise all that were with him. They wept, wept, and fasted until evening (cf. 2 Sam 1: 11n). This is how fasting became an expression of sorrow over the misfortune that had happened.
However, fasting also expressed regret for the evil deeds that man committed in the hope that God will hold back the misfortune that man deserved for his sin. Yes, this was the Ninevites’ case, who obeyed Jonah, who exhorted them to turn. Fasting has always been present in the Jewish people’s lives; that is, Jesus the attitude did not happen to arouse questions and misunderstanding in them.
What is our attitude to fasting, and what does this term actually mean for us? It is just something unpleasant, something that tries to forbid us something, limiting us in something that robs us of what we would like or what we want. To understand fasting, we must know what it is for us in the first place, happy to help. The fasting that is fasting only for its own sake does not make sense.

It is a unique way to deepen my relationship with God. I suppress the fasting of my body’s sins; I elevate the spirit; it gives us the strength to overcome what humbles us and pushes us to the ground. Fasting hardens our will, which is then stronger and can say not bad. Sin has hurt our ability to do good, and it is closer to us to do bad, then we don’t have to beat ourselves, but in the case of good, it’s sometimes impossible or tough. When I fast, I don’t walk sad and gloomy; it is something that I decided for myself and of my own free will because I know what to do with it, what I want to achieve, and what it encourages me to do. It is a conscious denial of something for something higher.
Surely each of us has been to a wedding, and we know it’s not just that common an event in our lives. It involves many events that must be secured upfront and the wedding day is only the highlight when the preparations are visible present. The main preparation is getting to know two people, the groom and brides; they decided they wanted to live together, and for a lifetime, that’s great, all just by expression. Imagine inviting someone you know to a wedding, and he would invite her to a wedding. He came just like that, not properly ceremoniously dressed, he would already be there. He wouldn’t want to with anything to offer, nor to drink, nor anything to eat. The bride would invite him to dance, and he would smile that somehow he doesn’t feel like it now and the reason for it all his behavior would be that he wants to fast. At the wedding, it simply does not belong to fast, because it is a state of joy.

As the bride and groom, Jesus considered his presence here on earth as a reason for joy, a reason for attending, and enthusiasm. The prophets foretold the Messiah for many years before he came, and many did not even realize that he was in the community and even wanted to fast with it. Jesus’ presence is the reason for joy and not fasting. Not every day is a day of joy; not every day is a wedding. There are days of joy and pain, feasting and fasting, enthusiasm, and reflection on our lives. Let us rejoice that Jesus is still with us and wants us to live our lives in peace and love. We pray to God to help us remove the obstacles that prevent us from advancing in interpersonal relationships and to keep our love for God. She was sincere.