Reflection for MONDAY, 24th Week, Ordinary Time.

By

 

 Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Director, Social Action Movement, Don Bosco Bidar 

 Today's gospel verses 


 Luke 7:1-10    


 When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum.  There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant.  When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this,  because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” So Jesus went with them. 

 He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof.  That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 

 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.”  Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.  

Today's Reflection 

The ability to wait for something or someone without getting angry or upset is a valuable quality in a person.

To be able to wait like that would require the virtue of patience.

Patience is a virtue because it contributes to happiness and living well. 

In the 1st reading, St. Paul was addressing a rather serious matter with regards to the attitude of the Christian community in the Lord’s Supper.

He had to reiterate the instruction regarding the Lord’s Supper that he had received and handed down to the Christian community.

And he addressed the matter with this simple instruction: Wait for one another.

It may sound simple enough to just wait, but it calls for patience and charity.

Waiting also gives us time to reflect on the situation and our emotions.

Waiting attentively also involves discerning what God is showing and saying to us.

In the gospel, the centurion had waited for his servant’s recovery.

But when he heard that Jesus was in the vicinity, he knew it was time for an encounter.

So when we had to wait for something or for someone, let us take it as a prayer-break.

God is using that pause to prepare us for an encounter with Him.


   GOD BLESS YOU

Good morning. Have a nice day.