Showing Up Isn’t Enough: The Wedding Feast & How to Be Ready (Mt 22)

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In today’s homily, we hear the Parable of the Wedding Feast (Matthew 22) and the sobering line that many “made light of it.” Using a memorable comparison—the 11 reasons people say they don’t wash—we confront the excuses that keep us from responding to God’s invitation. Showing up is good, but it’s not enough. The Lord calls us to be prepared—to wear the wedding garment of a converted heart. That means a life of prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and repentance, especially as we approach the Eucharist. We also hear a practical challenge for the Church’s New Year (Sept 1): Choose one parish program to deepen your discipleship. Choose one place to serve and offer your love to the community. May we desire the grace God offers and respond to His invitation with reverence, preparation, and love. Key themes: Wedding Feast (Mt 22), Eucharist, sacraments, desire for grace, excuses vs. commitment, prayer, fasting, almsgiving, repentance, Church New Year, discipleship & service. For more please visit https://www.youtube.com/@user-yu8ik9hg1r & say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 00:00 Intro & blessing 00:33 The excuses: skipping the Wedding Feast 01:15 The “11 reasons people don’t wash” (and why they mirror church excuses) 03:21 “They made light of it”: the heart behind indifference 04:35 Sacraments aren’t magic—God won’t force grace 05:15 Desire & worthily receiving the Eucharist 06:31 Showing up isn’t enough: the unprepared guest 08:00 What “dressing” for the feast looks like 08:13 Prayer 09:12 Fasting 09:31 Almsgiving / Works of Mercy 10:02 Repentance & Confession 10:46 Practical resolutions for the Church’s New Year (Sept 1) 12:46 One program to grow + one place to serve 13:39 Final exhortation & blessing Catholic homily,Wedding Feast,Matthew 22,Parable of the Wedding Feast,Eucharist preparation,Catholic sermon,Byzantine Catholic,Orthodox Catholic,Divine Liturgy,Prayer fasting almsgiving,Repentance confession,Sacraments,Catholic teaching,Christian discipleship,Church New Year,Spiritual preparation,Works of Mercy,Catholic motivation,Faith and works,Glory to Jesus Christ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SpiritusTV - https://spiritustv.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758

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• Marriage