Reflection for SATURDAY, 28th Week, Ordinary Time.

By


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

Memory of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Today's Word

Luke 12:11-12

“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.

Today's Reflection

It is not easy to make a measurement or an assessment about faith.

There can be faith or no faith; faith can be weak or strong; faith can be simple or mystical.

Whatever the opinion is, we can be sure that faith is not static but dynamic.

Whatever the faith is, one thing that can be quite certain is that faith will be put to the test.

When faith is put to the test, then it can be seen that faith is not a concept or an idea or even a belief.

When faith is put to the test, it is expressed in a conviction and a commitment to a relationship.

And this relationship is none other than that with Jesus who is Lord and Saviour.

So when we declare Jesus is our Lord and Saviour, then Jesus Himself said that He will declare Himself for us in the presence of God's angels.

And that is the greatest blessing that we can have, and that is when Jesus calls us His good and faithful servants.

May we hold on firm to our faith in Jesus, may we openly declare that He is our Lord and Saviour and He will grant us abundant blessings.


Saint of the day

SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE:

MARGARET MARY was born at Terreau in Burgundy, on the 22d July, 1647. During her infancy she showed a wonderfully sensitive horror of the very idea of sin. In 1671 she entered the Order of the Visitation, at Paray-le-Monial, and was professed the following year. After purifying her by many trials, Jesus appeared to her in numerous visions, displaying to her His Sacred Heart, sometimes burning as a furnace, and sometimes torn and bleeding on account of the coldness and sins of men. In 1675 the great revelation was made to her that she, in union with Father de la Colombiere, of the Society of Jesus, was to be the chief instrument for instituting the feast of the Sacred Heart, and for spreading  that devotion throughout the world. She died on the 17th October, 1690.

GOD BLESS YOU 

Good morning. Have a nice safe day

HAPPY FEAST!