he Gospel For Today Is Taken From The Book of Luke 5:33–39...(9/5/2014).... Some people asked him, “The disciples of John fast often and say long prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. Why is it, that your disciples eat and drink?” Then Jesus said to them, “You can’t make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them. But later, the bride-groom will be taken from them; and they will fast in those days.” Jesus also told them this parable: “No one tears a piece from a new coat to put it on an old one; otherwise the new coat will be torn, and the piece taken from the new coat will not match the old coat. No one puts new wine into old wine skins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed as well. But new wine must be put into fresh skins. Yet, no one who has tasted old wine is eager to drink new wine, but says, ‘The old is good.’” THE GOSPEL OF OUR SALVATION. REFLECTION Some people are afraid to try some¬thing new. They are most comfortable with the usual and the tested. That is why the scribes and Pharisees are uncomfortable with the way Jesus’ disciples behave. They are out of line from the usual and so they complained to Jesus. But Jesus gave them a framework to understand where His disciples came from. They discovered the liberating joy of being in the groom’s presence. This wonderful time will not be taken away from them. They will do their fasting and prayer when the bridegroom leaves. But meanwhile, they will rejoice. This joy could have been had by the scribes and Pharisees had they but accepted Jesus. They however did not. They preferred the gloom of their customs and traditions rather than the Good News brought by Jesus.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:58:01 +0000