Reflection for TUESDAY, 22nd Week, Ordinary Time.
By
Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Director, Social Action Movement, Don Bosco Bidar
Today's Gospel Verses
Luke 4:33-37
In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,
“Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God!”
“Be quiet!” Jesus said sternly.
“Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.
All the people were amazed and said to each other, “What words these are! With authority and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!” And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area .
Today's Reflection
Our senses help us to interact with our surroundings and to be able to understand how to respond accordingly.
So by what we see, hear, touch, smell and taste, we would know what we are encountering and to decide on the next course of action.
But there is only so much that we know about what is around us.
There is much more than what we can understand with our senses.
That being the case, then what we cannot encounter and comprehend with our senses, we certainly would need help.
In the gospel, the incident in the synagogue where the man possessed by the evil spirit and shouting at Jesus was something that the people cannot understand or comprehend.
And when Jesus cast out the evil spirit from the man, the people were astonished and amazed.
But St. Paul reminds us in the 1st reading that the Holy Spirit reaches the depths of everything.
With the help of the Holy Spirit, we will be able to judge what we encounter and comprehend with our senses.
That is why prayer is so important in the life of a Christian.
Because when we pray, we let the Holy Spirit reveal to us what God wants us to know about ourselves.
Only when we are able to understand ourselves, then we will be able to see what is God’s plan for us and what He wants us to do.
GOD BLESS YOU
Good morning. Have a great day