Reflection for WEDNESDAY, 22nd Week, Ordinary Time.

By

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


 Today's  Gospel Verses 

 Luke  4:42-44   

 At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea. 


 Today's Reflection 

A man once saw an injured bird on the ground, and it was unable to fly.

He picked it up and put it in a bird cage and cared for it. It was a beautiful bird.

His friend came along and admired it and he congratulated his friend for finding such a beautiful pet.

But the man said to his friend, “When it is well again, I will take it out of the cage.”

His friend exclaimed, “But it will fly away!” To which the man replied, “Well, that is the point.”

So, what is the point? The point is that everyone is given the freedom to fulfill his destiny.

When we want to hold on to a person, it is usually with a vested interest and a selfish intention.

Today's Gospel shows Jesus cared for the physical and spiritual needs of others

And demons also came out of many, crying, You are the Son of God.

He laid his hands on each of them and cured them.

Let me ask you.... Have you gone to Jesus and Not been Healed ?

If we come to Christ, in  faith. 

He will heal us.  

He will deliver us and He will cast out our sin.

Jesus had just healed a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean Spirit. 

Now here the demons are recognizing Jesus.

They are recognizing JESUS TRUE IDENTITY

Today, the world is in sin.

Today Jesus need You and me to be His Instrument to heal the Sick and to Cast out demons.

ARE YOU WILLING TO BE THE INSTRUMENT OF CHRIST.

If you are.... Say HERE I AM LORD... USE ME.

In the 1st reading, we heard of people who were holding on to their preferred personalities like Paul and Apollo, and they forgot that they themselves have their own mission and destiny to fulfill.

May God grant us spiritual wings so that we will fly towards Him and find our mission and fulfill our destiny.


  GOD BLESS YOU

Good morning. Have a nice day.