Catholic Mass Gospel and Reflection for July 8, 2023 - Matthew 9:14-17 The Question about Fasting

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Today's Catholic Mass Gospel and Reflection for July 8, 2023 - Matthew 9:14-17

The Parable of New Cloth and New Wine

Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 382

Gospel: Matthew 9:14-17
Then the disciples of John drew near to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples do not fast?" And Jesus said to them, "How can the sons of the groom mourn, while the groom is still with them? But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them. And then they shall fast. For no one would sew a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. For it pulls its fullness away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. Neither do they pour new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wineskins rupture, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins are destroyed. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins. And so, both are preserved."