"So we see how the Gospel, indirectly, is also a school of life; it teaches us to set priorities, to strive for the essential. In a word, not to lose sight of what is important for what is urgent, as happened to the guests in our parable. But I cannot remain silent about one last application. The banquet mentioned in the parable is renewed every Sunday in the Church. It is the Eucharistic banquet. Let us try not to be like those who have taken a wife and therefore...; have bought five pairs of oxen (or a new car) and therefore...; have to go to the stadium, or have gone to bed late, and therefore..."
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Raniero Cantalamessa, Gettate le reti. Riflessioni sui vangeli, Piemme, Casale Monferrato, 2001 (in Italian). ISBN 88-384-9498-3. Ch. I, p. 308.
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