Apparently, the custom
was that special garments were handed out to guests upon entering a wedding
feast, so that they would all blend in and not distract from the beauty of the
married couple. The poor fellow who is chided for not wearing the proper attire
then has refused to follow protocol. Our protocol as vagabond guests invited to the
banquet in the kingdom is to accept in all humility the grace and mercy that
will transform our sinfulness and misery. Jesus our Lord is all Mercy. When we
clothe ourselves with Christ, we fit in, all of us saved sinners, remarkably
beloved and clothed with divine mercy. The Lord is always welcoming us sinful vagabonds in from the byways to his royal Feast, the Holy Eucharist. He wants his hall, his Church to be filled with guests with whom he can share his very Self.
Photograph by Father Emmanuel along with insights from his homily
this morning.
