Daily Gospel – August 24
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Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew XXII, 1-14 |  |
And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death. But when the king had heard of it, he was angry, and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city. Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage. And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: and the marriage was filled with guests.
And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment⁴. And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was silent. Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.
¹ Marriage. Then did God the Father make this marriage, when by the mystery of the Incarnation he joined to his son our Lord, the holy Church for his spouse. Greg. Horn. 38.
² Servants. The first servants here sent to invite, were the Prophets: the second were the Apostles: and all that afterward con¬verted countries, or that have and do reconcile men to the Church.
³ One to his Farm. Such as refuse to be reconciled to Christ’s Church, allege often vain impediments and worldly excuses, which at the day of judgment will not serve them.
⁴ It profiteth not much to be within the Church and to be a Catholic, except a man be of good life, for such a one shall be damned, because with faith he hath not good works: as is evident by the ex¬ample of mis man, who was within, and at the feast as the rest, but lacked the garment of charity and good works. And by this man are represented all the bad that are called, and therefore they also are in the Church, as this man was at the feast: but because he was called, and yet none of the elect, it is evident that the Church doth not consist of the elect only, contrary to our Adversaries.
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