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in today’s Gospel, people ask Jesus why he and his disciples do not
fast when John and his disciples do. Jesus’ answer is wonderful: “How
can the guests at a wedding fast while the groom is still with them?”
</b></span>Could you imagine people fasting at a wedding banquet? It would be
ridiculous!</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Jesus
later says, <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>“No one pours new wine into old wineskins.” </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>The new wine is
the Gospel.</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>The receptacle for this wine must be conformed to<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> it,</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">not </span>
<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">the other way around</span>.</b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>To
take in the Good News</b></span>, we can’t be living in the cramped space of our
sinful souls. We can’t have an “expect the worst” attitude. Instead we </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">repent</span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>,
or change</b> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(213,166,189)"><b>the minds that we have</b></span>.
Another way to get at this is to say that like is known by like<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>. If God
is love, then only a soul that is on fire with love will properly take
him in</b></span>.</span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div>
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