02: Friday of the Second Week of Advent - Dec. 15, 2023

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew (11:16-19). Jesus said to the crowds:"To what shall I compare this generation?It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another,'We played the flute for you, but you did not dance,we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said,'He is possessed by a demon.'The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said,'Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard,a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'But wisdom is vindicated by her works."