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THE SON OF THE KING MARRIES

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  Everybody goes to heaven, «bad and good alike». Jesus says so in a short story where he tells us about a king who gives a wedding feast for his son who gets married. But all are not in agreement…Today like yesterday.                                                                                   (Matthew 22: 1-14)   The King The son of the king is getting married with the most beautiful girl in the country. The father is beside himself with bliss. The wedding will be something grandiose. The king himself prepares with great care a lavish banquet at which he has the joy of inviting all the rich and powerful in the kingdom with their families and their friends. The «rich and powerful in the kingdom» are like brothers to the king.    They are people of merit who have won wars for the kingdom. To reward them, the king has bestowed them with glorious titles and has given them huge estates. Moreover, he has entrusted them with the most prestigious positions of his

AMONG THE ZOPILOTES1

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Trying to identify the fellow who, in the parable of the wedding feast, does not wear the wedding garment. A Hondurian reading. (Matt. 22 :1-14)    The bus is full like an egg. You could not add even a needle. But, who cares! At the first corner, the driver picks up three more passengers and four others a little further, and then two more...and so forth. When, in this country, there is no more space, still there is plenty! On the roof of the bus: a mountain of luggage and even animals… The bus goes at full speed. The steepest slopes, the closest curves, with the cows lying in the middle of the road, the ravines, nothing scares it. The travelers are cramped together like sardines and are sweating, slumbering, and holding fast. And nobody objects. Except one who, in his corner, pulls out all the stops in order that no one will touch him. He is smoking and twisting his body so that he can read his newspaper. He grumbles non-stop and complains against the driver, a