God cannot be fooled. Man can be fooled. If you want a life of love and passion, a foundation of love for God will withstand the greatest temptations and trials.
If you hear what God wants, if you know what God wants, you must act. Otherwise we are swept away in a tide of meaningless selfish pleasures in a world of people using each other.
This is the foundation God wants for our lives. Time to start digging deep.
Gospel Lk 6:43-49
No law set by man is above that of the Son of Man.
Jesus teaches us when these laws make no sense and worldly authorities put themselves above the needs of their fellow man. These clarifications are not lost on us today, with man made laws on abortion, contraception, marriage all defying His Law.
Our love for him is shown by following his Way, not those that fill their authority with pomp and laws to protect their own position and status.
This reading has so many messages; it’s hard to focus on one of them.
As the Church represents the bride, our bridegroom has left us to join his Father in heaven. This leaves us hunger for more of his presence, any time he is away from us, we feel this hunger.
Do not fast from the presence of the Lord. Make anew your commitment to him, and solve your transgressions by renewing your spirit with a new skin and love for him. Just like those wineskins and the new wine that goes into them. Over time you will become that “old wine”, mature and content in the presence of the Lord.
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