A wineskin!
New wine needs a new wineskin (Mk 2:18-22), Jesus says to the
Pharisees, as if to say "I have new wine for you. If I remain
'old' like you, how can we speak of new wine?"
Am I 'old' in my obstinacy, reluctance to forgive, and,
like the Pharisees, preventing others from receiving new wine?
Do I shun others who have shed their old wineskin
and become 'new' with a new enthusiasm to live the Word?
Saul, in the First Reading, (1 Sam 15:16-23), remains an
'old wineskin' and behaves like all the other kings of his time:
exploiting, grabbing, self-satisfying.
Hence Saul is rejected by God.
God's "new wine" is not for this 'old wineskin.'
The "new wine" of a new way of being a king for God
is to be left to his successor, David.
The Pharisees in the Gospel remain "old wineskins" too.
Do I?
One way is to be always "doing"
and not enough "loving", the way God wants me to love.
Take the risk to love,
and be reconciled the way Jesus died for reconciliation.
Then the Love of God as new wine will fill you
the new wineskin!
Take the risk and forgive, and hence be forgiven
because Jesus died for both you and the one
who awaits your forgiveness.
Then the Forgiveness of God is new wine to fill you
and those others as new wineskins!
When you "love" this way, you bear witness that you risk all
because
Have faith in the Word of God.
Stay blessed!
G
[pic: from someone else's Blog
http://jimmcdermott.blogspot.com/2011/04/whats-story-with-wine-skins.html]
[ Have faith in the Word of God.
Aver fede nella Parola di Dio
Ter fé na Palavra de Deus
Avoir foi en la Parole de Dieu
Tener fe en la Palabra de Dios
Glauben wir an das Wort Gottes
Geloven in het Woord van God ]
