NEW WINE, NEW SKINS

PRAYER PAUSE 

Friday 2 September 2016 (back in internet range)

NEW WINE, NEW SKINS

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “No; new wine must be put into fresh skins.” (Luke 5:33-39)

Reflection. The constant repetition of the images and parables of Jesus prods us to remember that the gospel is constantly announcing something new. In Zimbabwe at the moment those with power are trying to hold on to it without appearing to have any thought for what the country could be if they would open the door to the new wine of the huge educated and energetic class of younger people ready and eager to engage. This same passage ends, “no one who has been drinking old wine wants new. The old is good,” they say.

Prayer. Lord, help us to work for what is fresh and the new.  Amen