The king in this parable is God the Father, and the wedding is the marriage between Christ and the Church. The Father invites us to be members of the Church, to enter into divine union with His Son Jesus, thus entering into the life of the Holy Trinity. But we see right away in the parable that the invited guests “refused to come.” The king tried even harder to invite the guests, but they all responded in one of two ways. “Some ignored the invitation and went away…” and “The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.” This was not the response hoped for by the generous king. We see in these two responses two levels of rejection of the Gospel that are present in our world today, just as in Jesus’ time. The first level is indifference. Then, there is also a rejection of the faith in our world through a growing hostility toward the Church and morality; hostility toward the Church, the faith and clear moral principles laid down by God appears to be growing every year. This form of rejection of the Gospel is even more damaging than the simple indifference. Many people are very busy today. We easily become occupied with many things that matter little in the end. Jesus said to Martha, “Mary has chosen the best/right/ part or thing” (see Lk 10:42). Many spend countless hours at their occupation, leaving little time for what is most important. As a result, it is easy to become indifferent to the matters of faith, to fail to pray every day so as to seek out and fulfill God’s will. This indifference is quite serious. In the end, this parable should not be read that we look at others and condemn them as if we were the king and had a right to do so. Only God does. Instead, we should read it from the perspective of our own life. Hopefully we are not one of those who are hostile to the Gospel. But perhaps we struggle with the first form of rejection: indifference. We can easily become indifferent in many ways and on many different levels. The opposite of being indifferent is to care deeply about going to the wedding feast when invited. God is inviting and waiting for us. Will we say “Yes” with all of our being?