Gospel: Matthew
9:14-17
The
disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast
much, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding
guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when
the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one patches
an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from
the cloak and the tear gets worse. People do not put new wine into old
wineskins. Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are
ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are
preserved.”
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Reflection:
What
happens when we give our life to Jesus when we begin to fully trust HIM and
leave behind our sinful past? We are introduced to a new life environment with
Jesus where everything is new and spotless.
What is
this new life with Jesus all about? This is a new life totally free from our
dark past. Yes we all have our own share of dark past that nobody knows except
us. We must never look back to this dark past otherwise we may be tempted to
mire our lives with the enticement of the devil once again. And this is very
dangerous for it could completely destroy us.
What will
make us permanently free from the temptations of the evil one? We must always
be connected with Jesus in every second of our lives for this is the only way
that we could prevent the devil from destroying us. Just look around, evil
temptations disguised as beautiful things are everywhere tempting us to bite it
once again.
Never
allow the devil to get hold of you anymore, remember that Jesus has saved you
already. You are now the new wine that has already been poured into the fresh
wineskin none other than Jesus Himself. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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