Reflection for 34th Week, Ordinary Time.

By


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

Today's Word 

Luke 21:15-19    

For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.  You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.  Everyone will hate you because of me. But not a hair of your head will perish.

Stand firm, and you will win life. 

Today's Reflection 

There are many written words that we read everyday.

We read words written in the papers, in text messages, in emails, in notes, in signboards, etc.

But no one would write anything serious on the wall. 

That would be considered as graffiti or even vandalism.

But in the 1st reading, a hand appeared and wrote something on the wall.

And it shocked king Belshazzar and he knew the message was for him.

Those four words "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin" meant that God had measured the kings's sovereignty and will put an end to it. 

He has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. His kingdom will be divided and given to others.

It was a message that the king could not ignore.

God will also write messages on the walls of our hearts.

Let us not ignore His messages, and let His message of love enter into our hearts and let us listen to His voice in the messages.

Then we will live our lives according to His will and we will have peace in our hearts.


Saint of the day 

SAINT ANDREW DUNG LAC & COMPANIONS:

Through the missionary efforts of various religious families beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing until 1866, the Vietnamese people heard the message of the gospel, and many accepted it despite persecution and even death. On June 19, 1988, Pope Saint John Paul II canonized 117 persons martyred in the eighteenth century. Among these were ninety-six Vietnamese, eleven missionaries born in Spain and belonging to the Order of Preachers, and ten French missionaries belonging to the Paris Foreign Mission Society. Among these saints are eight Spanish and French bishops, fifty priests (thirteen European and thirty-seven Vietnamese), and fifty-nine lay people. These martyrs gave their lives not only for the Church but for their country as well. They showed that they wanted the gospel of Christ to take root in their people and contribute to the good of their homeland. On June 1, 1989, these holy martyrs were inscribed in the liturgical calendar of the Universal Church on November 24th.

GOD BLESS YOU 

Good morning. Have a nice safe day