Oct 19, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
Thursday of week 29 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 12:49-53
“I have come to bring fire to the earth”. What is that fire which Jesus brought to earth. Jesus assumed the human suffering and transformed it by his incarnation into a measurement of love, a fire which brings out the truth in love. In Jesus the suffering is transformed into a totally different reality. It became the measurement of love. It became a fire. A fire which makes the division between the real love and fake love, between superficial love and profound love. Love which stands this fire becomes the true love. Love which withstands the suffering or welcomes the suffering to love becomes the true love. Jesus speaks about his distress in the same text, “There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is over”. It is the reality of this fire – solitude, betrayal, misunderstanding, indifference, and other forms of suffering. A love which endures this fire is the true love.
Oct 19, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs
Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest
Gospel – Luke 12:39-48
This gospel passage speaks about our responsibility towards the gifts and graces we received from God. Each talent we have and each grace we have received is a responsibility for which we have to give account to the Lord. “What sort of steward, then, is faithful and wise enough for the master to place him over his household to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?”. With the gifts and graces, we have received, we have been placed over his household. For what? To give those around us what they need at the right time. Two important points to be noted. ‘What they need’ and ‘at the right time’. Are we aware of this? Then again, the Lord is specifying how to do it. We must do this faithfully and wisely. Again, two important points to be noted. So, the talents and graces which we have received, give us the responsibility to take care of those around us, faithfully and wisely, providing them with what they need and on the right time. What a responsibility! Are you aware about this?
Oct 17, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
Saint Luke, Evangelist
Gospel – Luke 10:1-9
The missionary drive, our zeal to go as missionaries, is a gift of the Holy Spirit. It comes from our conviction about our faith in Jesus Christ. It comes from our compassion to all those around the world who is searching for God. It comes from our conformity to the mission mandate given by Jesus Christ. These three elements are important: Our conviction, Our compassion, and Our compliance. This comes from our docility to the Holy Spirit. It’s this docility that will allow us to feel the presence of the kingdom of God very near to us. This docility is that which helps us work together in unity as a team. This docility is that guides us to be like lambs among wolves. This docility is that enables us to be the instruments of peace wherever we are. From this follow, our conviction, compassion, and compliance.
Oct 16, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr
Gospel – Luke 12:13-21
“Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?”. This is what makes man and women unhappy. This finite happiness with which we fill our heart is that makes our heart sad. The finiteness of those things which we hold close to our heart, even though we have it in abundance, our heart recognizes its transitory nature. This recognition produces melancholy. Because our heart is the seat of eternal things. Only the love of God can fill our heart. Nothing else. Therefore, if we try to content our heart with our earthly possessions, it only produces unhappiness. May be our ego will be happy with those possessions, but our heart will not be. The word of God asks us to recognize this conflict. Our ego asks us to build bigger barns to store the grains and goods we have, or we make, and our heart looks for the love of God. Therefore, the Gospel puts before us the question: Are you listening to your ego which asks you to look for more possessions or to your heart which looks for the love of God?
Oct 16, 2022 | NEWS
Another women’s meeting organised by Sister Helena took place in Chikukwe, Tanzania. This time the women learned how to make decorations that are used for various celebrations. With each meeting, not only the number of women but also the number of sisters who want to help Sister Helena is increasing.
