To read the texts click on the texts: Gen 27:1-5,15-29; Mt 9:14-17
The question about fasting is raised here by the disciples of
John the Baptist. Jesus’ first response is that the wedding guests do not fast
during the wedding. In other words the time of Jesus is considered as a time of
celebration, it is the time of the presence of the Kingdom of God. The second
and third responses are about the new cloth and old garment and about new wine
in old wine skins. The point here seems to be that both have their place in
appropriate settings and must not be mixed up. Fasting does have a place in
spirituality, but must not be made an end it itself.
It is possible that even our good actions might take a hold of
us and so become ends in themselves. There is only one end: God and all else
that we do even if it is good can never be an end. We must use them as means to
reach God. This means that if something helps me, I use it, if it hinders me I
give it up.
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