Reflection for Tuesday, 30th Week of Ordinary Time

By

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

Today's WORD of GOD 

 Luke 13: 18 - 21 

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.” 

 Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.” 

 Today's Reflection

Married Holiness

Marriage, the Most Basic & Vital of Human Institutions, Mirrors the Mystery of CHRIST'S Love for the CHURCH.

Our Faith & Hope are Not Entirely Heaven Centred but Give Us Added Motivation to Live Our Daily Lives in the Best Way. 

Ephesians Suggests that Marriage & Family Love can be Inspired by the Presence of JESUS. 

Each Faithful, Fruitful Partnership is Like a Mirror, Reflecting JESUS' Love for the CHURCH. Ideally, Married Partners should Love as CHRIST Loves the CHURCH. 

HE Gave HIMSELF Up for Her so that She could Flourish.

Asking Wives 2b Submissive to Their Husbands should be Seen as an Outdated Inheritance from Times Past. 

This Same Section of Ephesians Says how Slaves must Obey Their Masters (Eph 6: 5). Nobody Quotes This Today in Favour of Slavery, which was Part of the Warped Culture of the Past.

To Cooperate with the Loving Plan of GOD, We must Cherish the Hidden Mustard Seed of Divine Grace in Our Lives. Like the Woman who so Kneads the Yeast into the Dough that It Rises to Fresh-Baked 🍞, We must Try to Nurture Ourselves & Others , so that We can All Enjoy the Freedom & Dignity of the Children of GOD.

2 Parables, 1 Message

These 2 Images are about Surprising Potential. Each of Them Compares Something Very Small to what It can Become. 

A Mustard Seed is Tiny but Grows into a 🌲 where Birds can Nest. 

A Tiny Piece of Leaven Transforms a Whole Basin of Flour into Rising Dough.

The Kingdom of GOD is Like That, where Very Small Things can Grow to Become Very Significant. 

Even Our Smallest Acts of Kindness can have a Good Effect Beyond what We Might Imagine. Small Acts of Service can Create an Opening for the Grace of GOD. 

It’s Mistaken to Think that Unless Our Efforts are Big & Impressive They Don’t Really Count for Much. 

It is Everyday Kindness, Small Initiatives, Things may Go Unnoticed, that Contribute to Building Up the Kingdom of GOD.


Good morning

Have a fabulous day

God bless you all