It is true today. Our world still makes light of the Good News of God. You can look anywhere and realize it. And the name of Jesus has become an oath. Instead of approaching the Creator in awe, we encounter apathy and blasphemy.
People are frightened of religious expressions of faith and in their fear they use ridicule.
They make light of it. The most weighty subject on earth, the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ, is a matter of indifference, of disbelief, of ridicule. And those who do believe become so defensive in reaction to this indifference that they create their own idols in thinking that God in Christ needs their protection in order to survive. As though we little human beings can ever push God out of our lives. Notice that the passage doesn't say that because the invited guests did not come to the banquet, the wedding was canceled.