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Theo Tigno•
9/6/2007 11:44 pm
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Friday, September 7th 2007 |
Luke 5:33-39
The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, "The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink." Jesus answered them, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days." And he also told them a parable. "No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. And no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, 'The old is good.'"
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for the repose of the soul of Bob Troost and for comfort for his family.
As I read through today's reading, I kept thinking to myself how in Ecclesiastes we are reminded that there is a time and season for everything. There is a time to fast and a time to rejoice.
In the same way, our spiritual lives and our relationship with Our Lord must not remain "status quo." Rather, we must be willing to surrender more for the sake of The Gospel so that we can allow Jesus to grow in holiness through Him.
The ways of old that hold us back from growing in holiness show remain old for the sake of The Kingdom of heaven. May God give each of us the strength to abandon the things that hold us back from surrendering our lives to Him. Take care and God Bless.
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