PATHWAYS OF HOPE: “NEW WINE IN NEW WINE SKINS”

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2025Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary TimeMemorial of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, virginPATHWAYS OF HOPE: “NEW WINE IN NEW WINE SKINS”[GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: LUKE 5:33-39The 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 fastwhile 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 newand 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.'"Reflection by Francis Ortega : Training Consultant. Cell group leader/Part of the governing body/Member-Servants of the Lord's Vineyard. #POHopgiver #LandasngPagasa #catholic #biblereadings #jesus #catholicchurch #christian #church #faith #god #jesuschrist #love #pray #bible #christianity #prayer #hope #gospel