Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Lucas 5:33-39)
Biyernes (Setyembre 6)
May mga tawo nga nagsiling kay Jesus, “Ang mga gintuton-an ni Juan kag ang mga gintuton-an sang mga Fariseo palapuasa kag palapangamuyo, pero ang imo mga gintuton-an nagakaon kag nagainom sing masunson.”
Nagsabat si Jesus, “Mapapuasa bala ninyo ang mga inagda sa kasal samtang yara pa ang nobyo kaupod nila?
Pero magaabot ang tion nga ang nobyo kuhaon sa ila, kag magapuasa sila sa sadto nga mga adlaw.”
Si Jesus nagsugid sa ila sini man nga palaanggiran, “Wala sing tawo nga nagagunting sa bag-o nga bayu kag itukap ini sa daan nga bayu. Kon himuon niya ini, maguhaban niya ang bag-o nga bayu kag ang tinabas nga bag-o indi nagakabagay sa daan.
Wala man sing tawo nga nagasulod sang bag-o nga bino sa daan nga mga sulodlan nga panit. Kon himuon niya ini, ang bino nga bag-o magabusdik sang mga daan nga sulodlan nga panit, ang bino mauyang, kag ang sulodlan nga panit indi mapuslan.
Pero ang bag-o nga bino dapat isulod sa bag-o nga sulodlan nga panit.
Kag wala man sing bisan sin-o nga maluyag sang bag-o nga bino sa tapos sia makainom sang laon nga bino. Kay siling niya, ‘Ang laon nga bino mas maayo.’ ”
Prayers:
"Lord Jesus, fill me with your Holy Spirit, that I may grow in the knowledge of your great love and truth. Help me to seek you earnestly in prayer and fasting that I may turn away from sin and wilfulness and conform my life more fully to your will. May I always find joy in knowing, loving, and serving you."
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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:
Which comes first, fasting or feasting? The disciples of John the Baptist were upset with Jesus' disciples because they did not fast. Fasting was one of the three most important religious duties, along with prayer and almsgiving. Jesus gave a simple explanation. There's a time for fasting and a time for feasting (or celebrating). To walk as a disciple with Jesus is to experience a whole new joy of relationship akin to the joy of the wedding party in celebrating with the groom and bride their wedding bliss. But there also comes a time when the Lord's disciples must bear the cross of affliction and purification. For the disciple there is both a time for rejoicing in the Lord's presence and celebrating his goodness and a time for seeking the Lord with humility and fasting and for mourning over sin. Do you take joy in the Lord's presence with you and do you express sorrow and contrition for your sins?
Jesus goes on to warn his disciples about the problem of the "closed mind" that refuses to learn new things. Jesus used an image familiar to his audience – new and old wineskins. In Jesus' times, wine was stored in wineskins, not bottles. New wine poured into skins was still fermenting. The gases exerted gave pressure. New wine skins were elastic enough to take the pressure, but old wine skins easily burst because they became hard as they aged. What did Jesus mean by this comparison? Are we to reject the old in place of the new? Just as there is a right place and a right time for fasting and for feasting, so there is a right place for the old as well as the new. Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old (Matthew 13:52). How impoverished we would be if we only had the Old Testament or the New Testament, rather than both. The Lord Jesus gives us wisdom so we can make the best use of both the old and the new. He doesn't want us to hold rigidly to the past and to be resistant to the new work of his Holy Spirit in our lives. He wants our minds and hearts to be like the new wine skins – open and ready to receive the new wine of the Holy Spirit. Are you eager to grow in the knowledge and understanding of God's word and plan for your life?
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