REFLECTIONS TODAY
The light of God’s word is a precious treasure which we need to share generously with others. Its influence in our lives must be made manifest through words of kindness, acts of care and concern for others. The more we listen to God’s word and apply it to our life situations, the more we are changed by it. And in the changes for good that happen in our lives, we contribute to the spread of God’s Kingdom.
Let us not keep this light for ourselves, but let us allow it to shine in our world permeated by the darkness of doubt, discouragement, and even despair. Let us take time to listen and observe where we can let God’s Word be heard so that it may bring healing, new courage, and solidarity in our broken world.
What specific areas of your personal life, family relationships, and professional life need the rekindling of the light and love of God?
First Reading • Prv 3:27-34
Refuse no one the good on which he has a claim when it is in your power to do it for him. Say not to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give,” when you can give at once.
Plot no evil against your neighbor, against one who lives at peace with you. Quarrel not with a man without cause, with one who has done you no harm.
Envy not the lawless man and choose none of his ways: To the Lord the perverse one is an abomination, but with the upright is his friendship.
The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, but the dwelling of the just he blesses; When dealing with the arrogant, he is stern, but to the humble he shows kindness.
Responsorial Psalm • Ps 15
“The just one shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord.”
Gospel • Luke 8:16-18
Jesus said to the crowd: “No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light. Take care, then, how you hear. To anyone who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he seems to have will be taken away.”
Source: “366 Days with the Lord 2024,” St. Paul’s, 7708 St. Paul Rd., SAV, Makati City (Phils.); Tel.: 632-895-9701; E-mail: [email protected]; Website: http://www.stpauls.ph.