[Grem] A mai szentmise igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, in today’s Gospel people ask Jesus why he doesn’t encourage
fasting among his followers. Jesus’ answer is wonderful: “How can the
guests at a wedding fast while the groom is still with them?” (That’s a
typically Jewish style, by the way: answering a question with another
question.) This great image of the wedding feast comes up frequently in the
New Testament, most obviously in the wedding feast at Cana narrative. And
it is echoed in the Tradition. Jesus is the wedding of heaven and earth,
the marriage of divinity and humanity; he is the bridegroom and the Church
is the bride. In him, the most intimate union is achieved between God and
the world. Could you imagine people fasting at a wedding banquet? Could you
imagine going into an elegant room with your fellow guests and being served
bread and water? It would be ridiculous! So says Jesus: “As long as the
groom is with them, how could they fast?” The mark of the Christian
dispensation is joy. Exuberance. Delight. God and the world have come
together. What could be better news?*
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