The Lord Speaks Of Peace to His People

Would you say that Pope Francis is on to something when he said we are in a special time (kiros). Meaning a special moment in time when God acts.  The Pope's expression of having mercy and not judging seems to be pretty much in tune to the Gospel of  Matthew 9:14-17 .  In order to have peace, we all need to repent, meaning, we need to change our way of thinking, and looking at things differently.  We may have to look at the new wine skins as being you and me.  Age has nothing to do with it.  We need to be active in changing our attitudes regarding how we get caught up in all the negativity that surrounds us.  For example, how we hear and how we feel about accepting immigrants, whether or not the information is true.  How we feel about forgiveness and getting revenge for harm done to us.  There are just too many issues to mention right now.
  
Our hearts need to act like God is present in everyone and to think and act accordingly.  Then we as wine skins will burst, not because of our indifference but, burst out of love of God and our neighbor.  This will set us free. This is the peace the Lord is speaking of, to us, His people.

Deacon R. D. Lemay