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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> 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"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Jesus later says, "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. The receptacle for this wine must be conformed to it, not <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">the other way around.</span></b></span></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"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>To
take in the Good News, we can’t</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>be living in the cramped space of our
sinful souls.</b></span> We can’t have an "expect the worst" attitude. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Instead we </b></span></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(234,209,220)"><b>the minds that we have. </b></span>Another way to get at this is to say that
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> like is known by like. If God is love, then only a soul that is on fire
with love will properly take him in.</b></span></span></b><br></span></b></b><br> Reflect: What benefit do you see from fasting? <br></span></b></div>
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