New Wine

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A meditation with Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 9:16-17

“See I am doing a new thing, do you not perceive it?”

“…be transformed by the renewing of your minds.”

In Matthew 9:16-17, Jesus uses analogies to illustrate how radically new and fresh his teaching, his message is.

Our text today:
16 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

How are you being invited to step into something new just now?

If you want to think about the passage a bit more, get your head around why Jesus said this before you meditate on it, you might find this commentary helpful.

However, the invitation from Contemplative at Home is always to engage with the text from a deeper place, to be wholly present to the Divine spirit within the text, to stand before it with an open heart and welcome whatever insights may land with you.

May you be blessed as you pray here today.

Warmest blessings
Lissy

(Opening Text: Isaiah 43:19 and Romans 12:2)

PS: I will be leading a 15-minute Examen, live over Zoom each evening from 13-23 May 2021.

9:15-9:30pm GMT / 1:15pm Pacific / 4:15pm Eastern. No meeting Sunday 16th.

This is being organised by my local church as part of the Church of England’s Thy Kingdom Come prayer event. You are very welcome to join us. Zoom Meeting ID: 884 7269 5579 Passcode: review

Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.

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All music by Pete Hatch.