9/2/11 cblog A WEDDING BANQUET is NOT the TIME for FASTING

9/2/11 cblog A WEDDING BANQUET is NOT the TIME for FASTING, st. Peter Chanel, 12p, fr italian, m: "..jesus..new kind of life..power to remit sins..signs..clearly ..up to now..disciple w/ jbap..those people ..w their fasting..austere manner ..they ask jesus why he doesn't fast..jesus' response is super..try to grasp the meaning..jesus compare disciples to guests at wedding..they r at wedding feast..fasting would be out of place ..but when the bridegroom is taken away..then they will fast ..right now still present..presence..disciples.fulfills all the human spiritual aspirations ..what at stake, not relig practice, nor neglect..they don't recognize jesus as the son ..sometimes more pressing issues than fasting..fasting way of ....to be saved by messiah..that's why people were fasting at the time .this new kind of fasting..apostles disciples..after experienc jesus presence...bridegroom will be taken away..crucified..when we fast ..follow jesus..teaching of jesus, even tho we don't see ..those who exp to be a member of jesus ..at the hands ..to believ in jesus..will come in..practice goodness righteous.."

" Brothers and sisters Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth the visible and the invisible whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the Body, the Church He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead that in all things he himself might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the Blood of his cross through him, whether those on earth or those in heaven

Responsorial Psalm R. (2b) Come with joy into the presence of the Lord Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; serve the LORD with gladness come before him with joyful song. R. Come with joy into the presence of the Lord

"The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus,"The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same but yours eat and drink." Jesus answered them, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them" But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days. And he also told them a parable."No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one.