15th October 2017

Dear Parishioners

We feel certain sympathy for the poor man in today’s gospel who seems to have been pulled into a wedding reception though he is a stranger, badly dressed and unprepared.  But we miss the point if we think the parable is about not having the right outfit at a wedding.  The message goes much deeper because the banquet here is eternal life in the Kingdom of heaven.  Jesus is saying that, while God has opened wide the doors of heaven and invited everybody in, getting in should not be taken for granted.  We need to show ourselves to be worthy of the invitation. ........Read More

Kevin Donaghy PP