TODAY'S WORD
By
Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Rector and Parish Priest
Don Bosco Shrine
Lingarajapuram, Bangalore
Behold I stand at the door, and knock... (Rev 3:20)
The Parable of the Persistent Widow is certainly a big lesson to remain firm and perseverant in our prayer life.
The parable encourages and exhorts us to remain persistent in our prayer life and not to get discouraged by God's delays, which apparently appears as God's denials.
The first reading calls us to support those believers to stand firm in truth to which they have been brought.
Let us seek the intercession of St Gertrude the Great – the great “Nuptial Mystic” (seeing herself as the bride of Christ) – on her feast day.
In a vision on the feast of John the Evangelist, as she rested her head near Jesus' wound on His side, and hearing the beating of His heart, she asked St. John, “Why is it, O beloved of God, that you who rested on His bosom at the Last Supper have said nothing of what you experienced then?"
St John told her "It was my task to present to the first age of the Church the doctrine of the Word made flesh which no human intellect can ever fully comprehend. The eloquence of that sweet beating of His Heart is reserved for the last age.
In order that the world grown cold and torpid may be set on fire with the love of God!”
SAINT OF THE DAY
Let us be inspired by her life and in this month of November – dedicated specially for praying for the Faithful Departed – join with St Gertrude in praying:
PRAYER
“Eternal Father, I offer You the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus Christ, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, those in the Universal Church, in my home, and in my family!”
Life often has discouragements luring everywhere and rejections prowling all around
Reflection
Do we get bogged down by such discouragements and rejections?
Are we people who bring about discouragement and rejection to people?
Do we hear the knock, seeking for help?