Carmelite homily for Friday, February 28, 2020 – Lectionary 221 (Matthew 9:14-15)
Saint Therese of Lisieux has the line, “It is better to love Jesus on his terms.” In today’s Gospel we have the disciples of John the Baptist saying they’re fasting and the Pharisees are fasting. Why aren’t your disciples fasting? I think we oftentimes still do that to Jesus. We want to impose our expectations, our demands on Jesus. I think Therese is right, it is better to love Jesus on his terms.
