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.