Reflection for WEDNESDAY 14th Week, Ordinary Time.

By

Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Assistant Parish Priest,Manjeshwar,Kasargod

Reflective Reading of the Gospel 


 Matthew 10:1-7   

'Go to the lost sheep of the House of Israel'

Jesus summoned his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to cast them out and to cure all kinds of diseases and sickness.

  These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, the one who was to betray him. These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows:

  ‘Do not turn your steps to pagan territory, and do not enter any Samaritan town; go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.’

Reflection on the Readings 

Life may be hard, and work may be hard.

We may not perish from hard work or from a hard life.

But a hard life and hard work can bring about an anger and bitterness.

And that will harden our hearts and we become angry and unhappy.

And that anger and unhappiness can hurt other people.

In the 1st reading, when Joseph’s brothers came before him, he recognized them, although they didn’t recognize him.

Joseph would have remembered how his own brothers stripped him of that multi-coloured cloak and wanted to kill him, but in the end, they pushed him into a dry well and finally sold him off into slavery.

He would have been angry and bitter, and even could have hated his brothers.

So now it was time for revenge. But Joseph’s heart not hardened by what he went through.

He even wept when he knew what his brothers were saying to each other.

Let us ask Jesus to cleanse our hearts of resentment, bitterness and hatred.

May He make our hearts gentle and humble like His.


  GOD BLESS YOU

Good morning. Have a nice day

Let's pray for Christian Families and for forthcoming General Elections and for Peace in Manipur.