Today’s first reading is a beautiful hymn, which in summary states that all things were created through Christ and for Christ. He is the firstborn of all creation. He is the firstborn from the dead. He is the Son of God, our Heavenly Father, our Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Master of the Universe.
And through him, we have life, and life to the full in him. For in Revelation, he has said, “I make all things new.” And while we remember and honor our past, for it has led us to this new life in Christ. We must never go back to our Old way of life without Him. We must remain in this new and everlasting life with him. And we must lead everyone to Him, for we are all one body in Christ. Amen.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) Pray for us…
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First reading
Colossians 1:15-20
All things were created through Christ and for Christ
Christ Jesus is the image of the unseen God and the first-born of all creation,
for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth:
everything visible and everything invisible,
Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers –
all things were created through him and for him.
Before anything was created, he existed,
and he holds all things in unity.
Now the Church is his body,
he is its head.
As he is the Beginning,
he was first to be born from the dead,
so that he should be first in every way;
because God wanted all perfection to be found in him and all things to be reconciled through him and for him,
everything in heaven and everything on earth,
when he made peace
by his death on the cross.
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Gospel
Luke 5:33-39
When the bridegroom is taken from them, then they will fast
The Pharisees and the scribes said to Jesus, ‘John’s disciples are always fasting and saying prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees too, but yours go on eating and drinking.’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely you cannot make the bridegroom’s attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come, the time for the bridegroom to be taken away from them; that will be the time when they will fast.’
He also told them this parable, ‘No one tears a piece from a new cloak to put it on an old cloak; if he does, not only will he have torn the new one, but the piece taken from the new will not match the old.
‘And nobody puts new wine into old skins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and then run out, and the skins will be lost. No; new wine must be put into fresh skins. And nobody who has been drinking old wine wants new. “The old is good” he says.’
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