Gospel: Luke 5:33-39
The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the
Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the
same; but yours eat and drink.” Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding
guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when
the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” And
he also told them a parable. “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an
old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match
the old cloak. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise,
the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will
be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. And no one who
has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”
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Reflection:
The story is told about a lady who was giving her personal testimony on how Jesus made a big impact
on her life and how Jesus filled her life with joy and contentment. She said
further that now that Jesus is in her heart. She now will always ask Jesus to
take over her sadness and other trials.
Whether we admit or not sadness and other lonesome emotions will once in
a while visit us. This is normal for we are all beings with emotions. However
if we have Jesus, we have nothing to worry even if these lonesome feelings will
come to us.
We would know how to handle it for the simple reason that we already have
Jesus in our lives. We have nothing to worry about anything that may come to
us. Thus, we continue to move ahead with hope because Jesus is by our side.
Assuring us that no human affliction and emotion no matter how severe
could bring us down anymore. Not even the saddest moment in our lives for we
have already been renewed and poured into the fresh wineskin which is Jesus. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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