Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
This has never been a very attractive story for me. It seems somewhat mercurial and vindictive. Why invite people to the banquet if you are going to reject them?
John J. Pilch
The refusal of the invited guests to attend the king’s wedding party shames him. For some reason the guests disapproved of the arrangements the king was making.
Let us try to find out what it is that some believers have, but which the wicked lack, for that will be what the wedding garment is.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
What was, in Luke, an illumination of Jesus’ kingdom … becomes, in Matthew’s hands, a cautionary tale.
Reginald H. Fuller
Jesus’ parables are lifelike, even if they often end on a
note of surprise. What invited guest would not only spurn the
invitation but actually kill the servants who brought it?