“People came to Jesus with the objection, ‘Why do John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees fast while Yours do not?’ ” —Mark 2:18

The people in today’s Gospel reading thought it was time to fast, although it was time to feast. They had the right idea but the wrong time. You may be doing something appropriate to the way things were twenty years ago but inadequate for the present. For example, if you send your children to the school you attended in your own youth, you may be making a big mistake. That school had its time, but possibly its time is not now, if you want your children to be followers of Jesus.