Reflection for Friday 12th November 32nd week in the ordinary time.

By


Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Rector and Parish Priest
Don Bosco Shrine
Lingarajapuram, Bangalore

Memoria of St. Josephat

Today's WORD of GOD

Luke 17: 33 - 36

Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”

Today's Reflection

Distracted from GOD

It is Possible for Created Things to Distract Us from GOD HIMSELF. Because the Natural Things in This World are so Good, They can Claim Our Total Attention & Stifle any Desire to Think about Life Beyond This Good World. As a Mundane Example, once the Meal is on the Table, We Seldom Remember to Thank the Cook. But the Book of Wisdom Asserts that from the Greatness & the Beauty of Created Things, We should Acknowledge GOD as Their Author.

This Raises Important Questions for the Agnostic & Atheist as well as for the Believer. People are Distracted by what They See, because the Things Seen are so Beautiful. For Women & Men of Faith even Certain Habitual Forms of Prayer & Worship can Hold Us Back from GOD. Sometimes the Rubrics of Worship become More Important than the One to whom We Pray. Parents can be so Concerned about what the Neighbours might Think, that Fear of Shame Overrides Their Love for Their Children.

In all the 4 Gospels, JESUS Makes the Challenging Statement that “Whoever Tries to Spare Their Life, will Lose It; Whoever Seems to Forfeit It, will keep It.” While Living Fully in the Present, We must Look Behind the Veil of Signs to See the Creator. It Seems as if only if We Share with Others, will GOD Entrust Us with Eternal Life; & to Hold On to Life We must Find It with JESUS, who Enables Us to Truly Love One Another.


What Ultimately Matters?

The Gospel Warns Against Being so Absorbed in Daily Life that We Neglect what Ultimately Matters. We are largely Taken Up with Eating & Drinking, Writing & Reading, Buying & Selling, Planting & Building, & Keeping Our Relationships Vibrant. These are the Stuff of Life & Cannot Be Neglected. They are so Important that We may to See Them as All that Matters, & Neglect Our Spiritual Life.

Above & Beyond All Our Daily Concerns there is a Deeper Reality, what JESUS Calls the Day of the Son of Man. The Son of Man is Revealed at the End of Time & Also in the Here & Now. The LORD is Near Us, In & Through the Ordinary Activities in which We are so Engaged. The WORD became Flesh & Dwelt Among Us. Always We are Invited to be  Aware of the LORD who is at the 💓 of Life.

So even as We Go about Our Daily Lives, Deep in Our Hearts We Keep HIS Presence in Mind.

Good Morning

GOD Bless Us All

Let's fast and pray for Karnataka as it's facing the threat of anti conversion bill passed in the assembly.

Pray for victims of floods and water logging areas