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Qué significa, “porque muchos son los llamados y pocos los escogidos”: Cardenal Carlos Aguiar Retes.

no name given · Arquidiócesis Primada de México – Homilías des Kardinals Carlos Aguiar Retes · 2026-10-11 · Ciudad de Mexico · Source

Hope · main message Care · carrying Community · carrying

The calling to eternal life is established through Baptism, and election depends on whether one accepts the teachings of Jesus as the 'wedding garment' in one's own life and lives in solidarity with the poorest.

He reminds us that we are invited to heaven because through Baptism we are sons of God the Father. And the wedding garment is to accept the teachings of Jesus in our lives.

The text is a sermon that expounds three biblical readings of a Sunday: Isaiah, a letter of Paul, and the parable of the wedding feast in Matthew. The central message is that the faithful, through Baptism, are called to eternal life as sons of God and should accept the teachings of Jesus as their 'wedding garment.' The expression 'many are called, but few are chosen' is interpreted to mean that election is bound to the acceptance of the teachings of Jesus. Paul is cited as a model of trust in divine providence, which gives strength in every circumstance of life. The text calls for accepting the commandments as lighthouses of the daily path and for promoting brotherhood and solidarity toward the poorest and the abandoned. A concrete reference to the present is made by naming the 'civilization of love' in the 'beloved fatherland of Mexico' as the goal. The sermon concludes with an extensive prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Worldview

what this means
What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?
Turning away from God, indifference, idolatry; Illness, death, and transience as the fundamental problem (inferred)
Where does the evil reside?
in the heart, the will, or the soul of the individual
What helps against it?
God's grace, redemption that is not deserved; practical action towards the neighbour, good works
What is human being according to this text?
willed by God, with a task and a responsibility
Where is history heading?
a turning point, a coming, a new order is about to arrive
What does the text base its claim on?
on the founder or prophet of the tradition; on the holy scripture of its own tradition
To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?
to one's own fellow believers
Where is the text's criticism directed?
at one's own community and at oneself

Related texts from other traditions

by similarity of the analysis, one text per tradition

What the text calls for

Passages cited

Jes 25,8 · Phil 4,12 · Mt 22,1-14

Measured

Basic stance
1 from -2 to 2
Insistence
2 of 3
Reach
4 of 5
Concreteness
2 of 3
Boundary
1 of 3
Time
past 2, present 2, future 3

Analysed with qwen3.8-27b, version v3. The same standards apply to every tradition, see Values.

Full text in English
"I will dwell in the house of the Lord all my life" The prophet Isaiah, in the first reading, announces that "the Lord of hosts […] will swallow up death forever." On that day it will be said: "Here is our God, in whom we hoped to be saved." That is why I was telling you in the introduction to the Mass: we are called, as children of God, to eternal life; this life is transient and, for that reason, we responded with full hope to this reading with the psalm: "I will dwell in the house of the Lord all my life." And in affirming "all my life," it means that that life will be eternal. For his part, Saint Paul expresses to us his experience of life. And what does he express? That he has full trust in Providence. That is why he affirms: "I know what it is to be in low circumstances; […] I have learned the secret of living in abundance and in need; […] I can do all things through him who gives me strength." What does Saint Paul mean by this? That, if we are united to Jesus Christ, we will be able to face everything, even unexpected adversities, because the strength of the Holy Spirit will assist us. Finally, in the Gospel, Saint Matthew tells us: "Jesus again spoke to them in parables: 'The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son […] When the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who was not wearing a wedding garment, and he said to him, "Friend, how is it that you are here without a wedding garment?" But he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, "Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.'" What does Jesus want to tell us with this parable? He reminds us that we are invited to heaven because we are, through baptism, children of God the Father. And the wedding garment is to assume in our lives the teachings of Jesus. Why do you think the Church asks us that, at least one day a week, we come to listen to Jesus in the Word of God and to unite ourselves with him in the bread of the Eucharist? Let us ask our Mother Mary of Guadalupe that she always assist us in our daily walk. Let us open our hearts to her, since she knew how to open hers to the will of God, our Father, to be the Mother of Jesus. We stand up and, in a brief moment of silence, we ask for that which costs us the most to develop for our own good and that of our neighbors. Our Mother, Mary of Guadalupe, remembering that you came to make known "the true God by whom we live," we ask you to help us to acquire full awareness of the teachings of Jesus, who made known to us that we are created to share, after this earthly life, eternal life in the house of God the Father, in heaven. We are aware that we must have full trust in Divine Providence and, with full freedom, assume the commandments, since they are beacons of light for our daily walk. Help us to trust in your love and to foster fraternity and solidarity in all areas of everyday life, especially with the poorest and most helpless. Thus we will achieve a fraternal and solidary society that expresses the longed-for civilization of love in our beloved homeland of Mexico. All the faithful present here this Sunday commend ourselves to you, who shine on our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. "Oh clement, oh merciful, oh sweet Virgin Mary of Guadalupe! Amen." The post What does it mean, "because many are called and few are chosen": Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes. was first published on Archdiocese of Mexico.
Full text in the original
«Habitaré en la casa del Señor toda la vida» El profeta Isaías, en la primera lectura, anuncia que «el Señor del universo […] destruirá la muerte para siempre». En aquel día se dirá: «Aquí está nuestro Dios, de quien esperábamos que nos salvara». Por eso les decía en la introducción a la Misa: estamos llamados, como hijos de Dios, a la vida eterna; esta vida es transitoria y, por eso, respondimos con plena esperanza a esta lectura con el salmo: «Habitaré en la casa del Señor toda la vida». Y al afirmar «toda la vida», significa que esa vida será eterna. Por su parte, san Pablo nos expresa su experiencia de vida. ¿Y qué es lo que expresa? Que tiene plena confianza en la Providencia. Por eso afirma: «Yo sé lo que es vivir en pobreza; […] estoy acostumbrado a todo, lo mismo a comer bien que a pasar hambre […] Todo lo puedo unido a aquel que me da fuerza». ¿Qué quiere decir con esto san Pablo? Que, si estamos unidos a Jesucristo, todo lo podremos afrontar, aun las adversidades inesperadas, porque nos asistirá la fortaleza del Espíritu Santo. Finalmente, en el Evangelio, san Mateo nos dice: «Volvió Jesús a hablar en parábolas: ‘El reino de los cielos es semejante a un rey que preparó un banquete de bodas para su hijo […] Cuando el rey entró a saludar a los convidados, vio entre ellos a un hombre que no iba vestido con traje de fiesta y le preguntó: Amigo, ¿cómo has entrado aquí sin traje de fiesta?’. Aquel hombre se quedó callado. Entonces el rey dijo a los criados: ‘Átenlo de pies y manos y arrójenlo fuera, a las tinieblas. Allí será el llanto y la desesperación, porque muchos son los llamados y pocos los escogidos'». ¿Qué nos quiere decir Jesús con esta parábola? Nos recuerda que somos invitados al cielo porque somos, por el bautismo, hijos de Dios Padre. Y el traje de fiesta es asumir en nuestra vida las enseñanzas de Jesús. ¿Por qué creen que la Iglesia nos pide que, al menos un día a la semana, vengamos a escuchar a Jesús en la Palabra de Dios y a unirnos a Él en el pan de la Eucaristía? Pidámosle a nuestra Madre María de Guadalupe que nos auxilie siempre en nuestro diario caminar. Abrámosle nuestro corazón a ella, ya que supo abrirlo a la voluntad de Dios, nuestro Padre, para ser la Madre de Jesús. Nos ponemos de pie y, en un breve momento de silencio, le pedimos aquello que más nos cuesta desarrollar para bien nuestro y de nuestros semejantes. Madre nuestra, María de Guadalupe, recordando que viniste para dar a conocer «al verdadero Dios por quien se vive», te pedimos que nos auxilies para adquirir plena conciencia de las enseñanzas de Jesús, quien nos dio a conocer que estamos creados para compartir, después de esta vida terrena, la vida eterna en la casa de Dios Padre, en el cielo. Somos conscientes de que debemos tener plena confianza en la Providencia Divina y, con plena libertad, asumir los mandamientos, ya que son faros de luz para nuestro diario caminar. Ayúdanos a confiar en tu amor y a propiciar la fraternidad y la solidaridad en todos los ámbitos de la vida cotidiana, especialmente con los más pobres y desamparados. Así lograremos una sociedad fraterna y solidaria que exprese la anhelada civilización del amor en nuestra querida patria de México. Todos los fieles aquí presentes este domingo nos encomendamos a ti, que brillas en nuestro camino como signo de salvación y de esperanza. «¡Oh clemente, oh piadosa, oh dulce Virgen María de Guadalupe! Amén.» La entrada Qué significa, “porque muchos son los llamados y pocos los escogidos”: Cardenal Carlos Aguiar Retes. se publicó primero en Arquidiócesis de México .