Gospel: Matthew 9: 14-15
The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
- disciple: a person who is a pupil or an adherent of the doctrines of another; any follower of Christ; one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another; a convinced adherent of a school or individual.
- What doctrines am I a student of? What would someone say my convictions are based on observing my actions?
- mourn: to feel or express grief or sorrow; to grieve or lament for the dead; to show the conventional signs of sorrow over a person's death.
- When I look at Christ nailed to the cross, do I feel mournful? For Him? For the souls that don't believe or reject Him? What does Mary mourn for at the foot of the cross?
- take: to seize or capture, to carry off without permission; to remove by death; to get into one's hands, control
- Very few of us actually intend to be separated from Christ. What habits, thought processes, distractions, etc. take Him away from me? What can I do to reduce how often this happens?
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