GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 9:14-17
In Israel, fast days commemorated the tragic events that had taken place in their history. It reminded them of the destruction of the temple. The disciples of John the Baptist fasted because they awaited the dawn of the new day. Jesus was the new bright sun shine and hence there was no need for a fast.
Jesus in this passage tells us that the old and the new cannot go together. He did not say that the old ways are bad. Old ways have no relevance now. Trying to link both old and new would destroy everything. Times were changing and in fact God’s new world was being born and it was a time of rejoicing and hence there was no need for fasting.
இஸ்ராயேல் மக்கள் தங்களுக்கு நடந்த சோக நிகழ்வுகளை நினைத்து நோன்பு இருந்தார்கள் (கோயில் இடிபட்ட நாட்கள்). திருமுழுக்கு யோவனின் சீடர்கள் வரஇருக்கும் ஒளியை எதிர்நோக்கி நோன்பு இருந்தார்கள். இயேசுதான் ஒளி அதனால் சீடர்கள் நோன்பிருக்க அவசியமில்லை.
