Please read the passage before the commentary.
John’s disciples asked Jesus about fasting. They learned from John how they should fast, but they saw Jesus as putting very little emphasis on fasting. In answer, Jesus spoke of his wedding, of himself as bridegroom, and of feasting.
Perhaps we should be thinking more about the wedding than about fasting. If Jesus is the bridegroom, then we are on our way to a marriage. There can be only feasting while the bridegroom is present. Just as from the sleeping side of Adam, God formed Eve (Genesis 2:22), so from the sleeping side of Jesus on the dross and in the tomb, the marriage of Christ, the bridegroom, with his bride, the Church, is consummated.
When that day of separation comes, then we can fast. Our Lent, then, has become the courtship before the ceremony. Party on! Let the poor, the hungry and the weary feast with us so that our fasting becomes their feasting.
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