Gospel: Matthew 9:14-17
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:
Do you already have Jesus in your life?
When you have Jesus in your life, you become like a fresh wineskin—strong, ready, and open to receive the new wine of His love and grace. A new wineskin is sturdy and can withstand the pressure when it is filled. In the same way, when we let Jesus dwell in us, we are able to endure the challenges and burdens of this life with hope and quiet strength.
This is what happens when we allow Jesus to take His rightful place in our hearts. We become resilient, no matter what problems life may bring. No person and no problem, no matter how heavy, can break us because Jesus is with us.
But why is it so hard for many of us to feel Jesus’ presence? It is because we often do not give Him our time. We say we are busy, but in truth, we find time for so many other things that do not nourish our souls. We invest countless hours on worldly concerns, scrolling endlessly on our smartphones, chasing temporary pleasures, yet we find it hard to spend even a few quiet moments with Jesus, our life-giver.
This is the paradox of our modern life: we say we do not have time for Jesus, yet we have time for many things that leave our souls empty.
If you want to have a fresh and
hope-filled outlook on your future and on life itself, let Jesus into your
heart today. Do not close your heart to the Lord for the sake of worldly things
that will only bring you restlessness and emptiness in the end. Let Jesus, who
alone can give true peace and joy, be the center of your life. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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