PRAYER MOMENT
Monday 18 January
2016
NEW WINE,
FRESH SKINS!
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Nobody puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does,
the wine will burst the skins, and wine is lost and the skins too. No! New
wine, fresh skins!” (Mark 2:18-2)
Reflection. Karl Rahner once said, “If we say it
is Christmas, and really mean it, it changes everything!” The trouble is we
often say, “It is Christmas!” But it does not mean much and so it changes
nothing. We are constantly aware that for many Christians, the pull of
tradition – even witchcraft – is strong. They cannot find the answers they seek
in the Church and they turn back to traditional ways. One bishop described it
as being a frog. When the going gets tough on land it jumps into the water.
When the water is disturbed it gets onto land. We put new wine in old skins!
Prayer. Lord, may your way, your truth and
your life deepen their roots in us and give us courage to live all the demands
of our Christian calling! Amen.
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