DAILY LITURGY (08/21/2025): Matthew 22,1-14 - Invite everyone you find to the party.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025 ST. PIUS X, POPE, MEMORIAL 20TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME READINGS: Judges 11:29-39A PS 39(40):5, 7-8A, 8B-9, 10 (R. CF. 8A, 9A) MT 22:1-14 HOMILY IN TODAY'S LITURGY, JESUS ​​TALKS TO US ABOUT HIS SON'S WEDDING FEAST. THE KING IS THE ONE WHO THROWS THE FEAST, HE IS GOD; THE SON IS JESUS; THE BRIDE IS THE CHURCH; AND THE BANQUET IS HIS WORD AND THE EUCHARIST WE ENCOUNTER AT MASS. IT WAS GOD WHO PREPARED A BANQUET FOR US THAT, BY LIVING THE MASS IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES, IS LIVING ETERNAL LIFE. THEN HE SAYS THAT THE INVITED DID NOT WANT TO COME, THAT IS, THEY WERE ALL THE JEWS OF THE OLD COVENANT. JUDGES 11:29-39A - THE PEOPLE ARE IMMERSED IN SIN, AND ISRAEL IS WORSHIPPING IDOLS AND ABANDONING GOD, REFUSING TO SERVE HIM. GOD BECAME ANGRY AND DELIVERED THEM INTO THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES. AS THE JUDGE AND LIBERATOR, GOD CHOOSED JEPHTHAH, WHO DEFEATED AND HUMILIATED THE AMMONITE. Psalm 39(40) - BEHOLD, I COME TO DO YOUR WILL, LORD! MT 22:1-14 – GOD PREPARES A FEAST AND INVITES EVERYONE, THE PAGANS. THIS HAPPENED AND HAPPENS, AND STILL TODAY THERE IS A MOVEMENT OF THOSE WHO HAD EVERYTHING TO BE AT THE BANQUET, AND BY NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO GOD, THEY BECOME THE LAST. SO MANY HAVE STILL NOT RECEIVED THE SACRAMENTS, AND ONLY NOW ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE INVITATION, THAT IS, THEY ARE BEING BAPTIZED, RECEIVING THE EUCHARIST, PRAYING EVERY DAY, LISTENING TO THE GOSPEL EVERY DAY HERE WITH ME. WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO STILL DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE KING'S INVITATION. MANY HAVE GONE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR LIVES, WASTING TIME ON OTHER THINGS THAT DON'T SPEAK OF GOD. OUR NOISE MAKES US NOT PAY ATTENTION TO GOD'S INVITATION. WE STILL HAVE OTHERS WHO GRABBED THE EMPLOYEES WHO WENT TO MAKE THE INVITATION AND KILLED THEM. THEY'RE THE PICKUPS, THE CHURCH, AND MANY ARE EVEN ANGRY. GOD IS BECOMING AN INTRUDER, GOD IS BECOMING OUR ENEMY. I FEEL THIS. SO MANY PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE GENERATED ANTIPATHY TOWARDS ME JUST BECAUSE I'M HERE ON THIS CHANNEL EVERY DAY SPEAKING THE EVERYDAY GOSPEL. THEY ARE THEY, THEY CAN DIE. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR FROM THIS DEACON. GOD WAS VERY OUTRAGED AND HE'S GOING TO SEND HIS CLOTHES TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS FOR THIS LACK OF GRATITUDE. THE EUCHARIST IS OFTEN REPLACED FOR SO MANY THINGS. This week I met some young people at a conference and they said, "Oh, deacon, I've never been to Mass again, I've never read the Word again, and some even said, 'I don't even remember praying.'" And they were young people from the EJC at my parish, very active people. Many people are postponing their weddings and postponing the sacrament because they want to make that day a glamorous celebration. There's no need, this rejection is of Christ, not the celebration, and the EUCHARIST is already the great banquet. JESUS ​​SAYS: THE GUESTS ARE NOT WORTHY, THE BAPTIZED CATHOLICS ARE THEIR GRANDPARENTS, THEIR PARENTS CALL THEM TO CHURCH SO MUCH AND THEY DON'T GO. NOBODY WENT TO THE PARTY, SO THEY WENT TO THE CROSSROADS AND BROUGHT THE BAD AND THE GOOD, AND IT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS TO BE HURT BECAUSE I ONLY SEE WRONG THINGS. NOW, NOBODY'S EVIL IS NOT OUR BUSINESS, TAKE CARE OF YOUR EVIL, BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR SENSITIVENESSES, THIS IS A MATTER FOR THE KING. THE KING SAW THAT THERE WAS A MAN THERE WITHOUT A PARTY'S GARMENT, THAT IS, WITHOUT BEING BAPTIZED, IN A STATE OF GRACE, WITHOUT RECEIVING THE SACRAMENTS, THE TOUCH OF GOD ON THIS EARTH. WITHOUT THIS GARMENT AT THIS TIME, YOU WHO LIVED SO CLOSE, RECEIVED THE INVITATION AND MOCK GOD'S MERCY, THAT IS, YOU GO ANYWAY. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE GO TO MASS ANYWAY, FULL OF PROMISCUITY, FULL OF EVIL, FULL OF INFANTILISM. THE WEDDING FEAST BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH IS THE HOLY MASS, AND THE ONE WHO REQUIRES US TO BE AT MASS IS GOD'S MERCY. LET US ASK GOD FOR THE GRACE THAT OUR FEET WILL NOT BE TIED AND THROWN OUT OF THE CHURCH SO THAT WE CANNOT GO TO HELL. KNOWING THAT HUMANITY IS CALLED, BUT FEW ARE IN THE GARMENTS REQUIRED BY GOD, BECAUSE THE BANQUET THAT GOD HAS PREPARED IS THE MARRIAGE WITH HIS CHURCH, AMEN.