Mental reluctancetranslated

The parable of royal weddings is rarely read in the Church. It belongs to the last Sundays of Matthew and in order for it to be read before the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (September 14), we must have Easter quite early.

By Fr Dimitrios Bokus

It is similar to the parable of the great supper that is always read before the Christmas holiday. A king (God) on the occasion of his son's wedding prepares a large table and invites a multitude of people, but the guests do not come (Matthew 14th Sunday).

The reasons? A lot. Some didn't want to go at all. They had no appetite for the king. Some not only didn't go, but were even annoyed. They caught the slaves carrying the wedding invitations, cursed them and killed them. But their action had corresponding consequences. The king was enraged. He sent his troops and annihilated them. And he burned their city.

But there were some others, who had no objection to go, but simply neglected it. They didn't make it an immediate priority. They preferred to go to their jobs first, one to his field, another to his shop, and finally they forgot and did not go. They let him…