Today’s first reading from Isaiah (IS 58:1-9A) tells me that we can nullify our
fasting and sacrifices by continuing to do what we normally do. What I mean is
if we fast and sacrificing at one point in the day then go do our normal God
ignoring acts at another point in the day our sin nullifies our good works. I
think Isaiah is telling me that I need to commit and act in ways as God expects
all day or I waste my time with my half pursuits.
The Gospel (MT 9:14-15)
is harder for me to understand. We are in a time of fasting and sacrifice as we
lead up to Jesus’s death on the cross. We are trying to live our lives a key
lower than we normally do. But then in the reading Jesus talks about not
fasting when you are with Him. So I think I take this to mean that when you are
with Jesus fasting is not as important. So after Easter when Jesus has been risen
from the dead He will be with us again and we can go back to living at a higher
key.
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