TODAY'S WORD

By


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


Malachi 3 : 1

Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

TODAY'S REFLECTION

The 1st reading points to this: He will turn the hearts of fathers towards their children and the hearts of the children towards their fathers.

So the Lord wants to come into our family relationships, just as the birth of John the Baptist brought joy to Elizabeth and Zechariah and it was a celebration of God's blessings.

Yes, the Lord is coming to our homes and into our family relationships.

Let us prepare to welcome Him into our home and let us also ask Him to bless our family relationships that there will be love, peace and harmony

In the gospel  reading we see the relatives of Zechariah and Elizabeth disagreeing over what to name their newborn child?

Don't we do the same thing?

This child, however has been named from above! And Elizabeth is firm in her faith and determined to see that God be glorified through this child. The name John means "the Lord is gracious."

In the birth of John the Baptist and in the birth of Jesus the Messiah we see the grace and favor of God breaking forth into a world broken by sin, corruption, and death - a world lost without hope.

QUESTIONS TO PONDER

How seriously do you take those little experiences you have daily?

Do you hear the voice of prophecy in them calling you to God?

May God give us the grace to be prepared at all times for the day of his coming to us.

SAINT OF THE DAY

SAINT JOHN OF KANTY, Priest

John Wacienga, patron of Poland and Lithuania, was born in 1390 at Kanty, near Cracow. After his ordination, he spent most of his life teaching at the university and doing pastoral work. He was outstanding not only in his teaching of theology, but also in his holiness and charity for the poor. He died in 1473.

RESOLUTION

LETS ALL RESOLVE LIKE ST. JOHN OF THE KANTY TO GROW IN OUR PERSONAL HOLINESS AND BECOME MORE CHARITABLE TO SHARE WHAT WE HAVE WITH PEOPLE WHOM WE CARE THE MOST.

PRAY FOR CHRISTIAN FAMILIES THAT ARE ON CROSSROADS ST. JOSEPH PRAY FOR OUR FAMILIES.