Welcome back to A Word of Hope, our daily reflection series! Today, Father Brendan Curran, OP — Dominican Promoter for Justice and Peace for North America — reflects on Jesus' powerful parable: "You don't put new wine into old wineskins" (Luke 5).
Old wineskins dry out, crack, and break — and so do our old ways of seeing the world. This Gospel challenges us to let go of set ways, prejudices, and old habits, and to see our thirsting world with the fresh eyes of Christ's hope.
In today's reflection: 🍷 The meaning behind the parable of new wine and old wineskins 👀 How old prejudices and set ways hold us back 🌎 Poverty, oppression, and migration: today's calls for fresh vision ✝️ Our baptismal call to bring Christ's hope to a thirsting world 💛 Practicing "fresh eyes" in everyday life
⏱️ Timeline: 00:00 – Introduction: Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 00:20 – The parable: new wine and old wineskins 00:45 – What happens when wineskins crack 00:56 – A lesson for life: letting go of old ways 01:13 – Set ways in everyday situations 01:26 – Society's trappings and brittle habits 01:43 – Poverty, oppression, and a world thirsting for hope 02:02 – Beyond wine: fresh eyes of Christ's hope 02:27 – Our baptismal call to change 02:39 – Closing: Share a word of hope today
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