Saturday of the 13th week Year C. Gen 27: 1-5, 15-29; Mt 9: 14-17.

Saturday of the 13th week Year C. Gen 27: 1-5, 15-29; Mt 9: 14-17.

Jesus' words about old wineskins and new wineskins is an invitation to let go of old habits, our rigidity, our self-righteousness, our false religious expectations. We should rather trust completely on the grace he betows. "My yoke is easy," he says. 

Our hearts should become like new wineskins, which are flexible and expansive. We need a transformed mindset and a way of life that is receptive to the new reality of God's Kingdom and grace, as brought by Jesus. The new wineskin is, indeed, the new heart and a new spirit promised by God. 

Jesus, I trust in you.