In the gospel passage Jesus tells us that new understandings need to be placed in new receptacles, be they cloth or wineskins. What was learned even yesterday (about anything, but especially God) can be freshly applied to today – if the container is slightly different – because we are slightly different today than we were yesterday! This is why we pray day after day – not because God changes, but because we can become more open and receptive to what he has to say to us – and we can act accordingly in a different way!
In the first reading St. Paul tells the Corinthians that the treasury of what God has to say to his people are found in the "mysteries of God" of which he is a steward. God, in an amazing act of generosity, chose to reveal himself, reveal his mysteries to us; and he appointed watchmen and guardians as well as proclaimers and transmitters of those mysteries. This should not cause any to be judged one way or another by anyone – and even if it does, our sole focus should be on the charge that has been given us to be instruments in the hands of God.
Each day – let us open ourselves more fully – to receiving a portion of the mysteries of God – in our daily Mass – that the Church portions out to us – for our spiritual nourishment, energy and motivation! Let us thank God for it – by taking it in, allowing it to make a difference in us, and then sharing it with those whom God places in our day!
The Lord delivers us because we take refuge in him!
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