The cutting up of the new to repair the old does not make sense.Īfter making this statement, Jesus then says, “ And no one puts new wine into old wineskins!” The Creation of a New Wineskinĭuring the days when Jesus walked the earth, life was different.
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It would not be practical to take a garment that had just been purchased and cut off a piece of that garment to patch another clothing that is ready to be thrown away. “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment.” Jesus began teaching this parable about old wine, new wine, old wineskins, and new wineskins by first making a common sense statement. And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new for he says, ‘The old is good enough.” But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. “ And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. What does this statement mean? “New wine does not work in old wineskins?” To understand this statement you first need to read one of the parables of Jesus Christ in Luke 5:36-39. But joy will never miss the chance to witness the moment when something old, new, borrowed and blue dares to try again to create a whole new life.How to Put New Wine Into a Really New Wineskin Grim religion does not like surprises and seldom RSVPs to wedding invitations, knowing just how unpredictable and emotional love can be, especially if there is too much wine. Insisting on the Tridentine Latin Mass as a preferential option for dissent from the universal church is to enshrine a 17th century baroque world that exists now largely in museums as the epitome of Catholicism. Now was the time to break forth in singing, dancing and feasting, for the bridegroom is here.Ĭlinging to a time-sensitive and culturally defined model of church that may have worked once (for some) but no longer meets the reality to be served is to make the container more sacred than the contents. Jesus wanted them to see that there was a wedding going on, an outpouring of love that reminded everyone that joy is the appropriate response to the divine presence. They wanted discipline, control, structure and even severity to protect the status quo. The conflict between Jesus and the religious conservatives of his time was really a rejection of his proclamation that something new was happening that the cherished traditions could not contain or express. It is the nature of the church to adapt itself to changing conditions to keep its unchanging mission fresh and effective in each successive age and culture. Ecclesia semper reformanda (the church must always be reformed) is the rule rather than the exception. The breath of the Holy Spirit is the mysterious contents that always challenge church containment. Richard Rohr gave Catholics a real handle on why change in the church creates tension with his own parable of the Contents and the Container to describe the difference between spirit and structure. His more traditional expectations meant curbing their enthusiasm before any other Vatican II notions took hold.įranciscan Fr. The parable of the wineskins had its say not long ago when a conservative bishop shut down the New Wine program in his diocese because he felt it was creating expectations in its lay participants.
“New wine must be poured into fresh wineskins” (Luke 5:39).
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