Edward Bowen tells about a minister in Scotland who was concerned that so many stray dogs were being put to sleep. So she invented a new breed of dog, complete with registration papers. She didn’t want any dogs tospend their lives being called mongrels. She determined that her puppies would be the first in a new breed, a breed she called the Newtonmore Haggishound. She now offers membership in that breed to other dogs. Apparently the only qualification to be a Newtonmore Haggishound is that you must be a dog, although the minister was considering extending honorary membership in the breed to cats as well. (1)

No longer mongrels; now they are Newtonmore Haggishounds. Jesus begins our lesson from the Gospel with a rather whimsical teaching: "When someone invites you to a wedding feast," he …