February 20, 2026 -- Friday after Ash Wednesday
Homily
We have had this Gospel in a different context in recent weeks, when it was part of a series of discussions between the Pharisees and Jesus about the observance of the law. Reading these words of Jesus again in the context of Lent, we are obviously struck more by the last sentence: ‘The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast’.