In the time of Jesus, wine was an essential element at a wedding feast, the beginning of a marriage, as was clear from the story of the Wedding Feast at Cana, which precedes today's gospel reading. When Jesus called Himself the bridegroom, He also compared His presence in the world to that of new wine.
The new wine of the LORD's loving presence and life-giving action calls for new wineskins, to hold it and to dispense it. The LORD's love is a gift, but it also makes certain demands on us, calling us to constantly renew our lives so that His love can truly mold us.
New wine, new wineskins: We have to keep shedding our old skin and develop new skin. We can never be fully content with where we are at any time of our lives.+
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