First of all comes the truth that God alone "is the salvation of the people" from their self-begotten misery. Secondly, comes our response to this call by "inclining our ears to His words" (Introit), which are "to be kept most diligently" (Communion).
The banquet hall is the Church militant here, triumphant hereafter. Of those first invited, such as the Jews, some refuse the invitation onmere pretexts, while others maltreat and even slay God's messengers.
Finally, comes the call to the Gentiles in home and foreign missions. But to receive Jesus worthily at the altar rail of time or eternity, a wedding garment is necessary (Gospel). St. Paul describes this garment in the Epistle as a putting on of Christ through lively faith and putting off the spirit of anti-Christ both in our soul and in dealings with our neighbor.
Sunday is also the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila Virg., a Carmelite, who worked with St. John of the Cross to reform the Order. She gave the following advice concerning prayer: “the best prayer, that most pleasing to God, is that which produces the best results in good works, not that which we enjoy with no other effect but our own satisfaction.” Although not commemorated in 1962 Missal, we ought to ask for St Teresa's intercession.
Incidentally, a Low Mass celebrated by a Canon of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, will be celebrated on Sunday 15th October 2017 at 123opm at St Clare of Assisi, Downsfield Road, CHESTER CH4 8HH