September 7, 2024, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)

Yesterday, we read another passage in the New Testament (Luke 5:33–39) showing the hypocrisy of scribes and Pharisees.

They asked Jesus why he didn’t encourage fasting among his followers.

The Lord answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast
while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.”

Christ Jesus is the bridegroom and the Church is the bride. He is the marriage of divinity and humanity, the wedding of heaven and earth,

In him, we discover the most intimate union is achieved between God and the world.

As Bishop Barron wrote, “Could you imagine people fasting at a wedding banquet? Could you imagine going into an elegant room with your fellow guests and being served bread and water? It would be ridiculous! The mark of the Christian dispensation is joy. Exuberance. Delight. God and the world have come together. What could be better news?”