Fr Jim points out that while there certainly are times for penance and fasting, this is not one of them. Like the disciples in today’s gospel, we too, have Jesus with us. He is here – on our altar. This is the time to rejoice: to “come with joy into the presence of the Lord.”
Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
COL 1:15-20
Come with joy into the presence of the Lord.
PS 100:1B-2, 3, 4, 5
The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.” Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
LK 5:33-39