Daily Mass Gospel Reflection

Friends, in today’s Gospel,
Jesus tells the parable that compares the kingdom of heaven
to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
The guests invited to the feast refuse to come.
There are a number of sayings and parables of Christ
that emphasize the difficulty in attaining the kingdom of heaven.
Thus, Jesus declares: “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

These sayings represent one of the great paradoxes of the Gospel:
though the kingdom dwells in every one of us—though it is closer to us than our breath—
we remain in danger of missing it.

It is no wonder that Jesus often compares the spiritual struggle to a battle to the death:
“Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains just a grain of wheat.”
“Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”
It is a terrible and heart-rending inner warfare that must be endured in the process of metanoia.

Ez 36
Thus says the LORD:
I will prove the holiness of my great name,
profaned among the nations,
in whose midst you have profaned it.
Thus the nations shall know that I am the LORD,
says the Lord GOD,
when in their sight I prove my holiness through you.
For I will take you away from among the nations,
gather you from all the foreign lands,
and bring you back to your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water upon you
to cleanse you from all your impurities,
and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

+++ Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the
elders of the people in parables saying,
“The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who gave a wedding feast for his son.
He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests
to the feast,
but they refused to come.
A second time he sent other servants, saying,
‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet,
my calves and fattened cattle are killed,
and everything is ready; come to the feast.”’
Some ignored the invitation and went away,
one to his farm, another to his business.
The rest laid hold of his servants,
mistreated them, and killed them.
The king was enraged and sent his troops,
destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then the king said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready,
but those who were invited were not worthy to come.
Go out, therefore, into the main roads
and invite to the feast whomever you find.’
The servants went out into the streets
and gathered all they found, bad and good alike,
and the hall was filled with guests.
But when the king came in to meet the guests
he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment.
He said to him, ‘My friend, how is it
that you came in here without a wedding garment?’
But he was reduced to silence.
Then the king said to his attendants,
‘Bind his hands and feet,
and cast him into the darkness outside,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’
Many are invited, but few are chosen.”+++

I'd be more concerned about not being in the "few" that are chosen group...

Too bad Boobie isn't as concerned as you are:

What Should We Make of Bishop Barron?

Bishop Barron’s view of universal salvation is well known and is influenced by Balthasar who was, in turn, influenced by Karl Barth. Though he is not sure that all will be saved, he thinks that we can have a reasonable hope of an empty hell. Once again, over two millennia of Church tradition gets deep-sixed.

Bishop Barron needs to listen to the words of Jesus and his Mother. If everyone is going to heaven, then why would Christ say that it would have been better if Judas had never been born?

Why you continue to pimp this heretic is beyond me, Murph.

Do you need more evidence? How about this:

Should We Stop Opposing the Ruling Legalizing Same-Sex “Marriage”? Bishop Robert Barron’s Surprising Statements

He contends that revoking that decision “would probably cause much more problems and dissension and difficulty if we keep pressing it.” He doubles down: “I wouldn’t want to get on a crusader’s tank and try to reverse that.”¹

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