Oct 31, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
All Saints – Solemnity
Gospel – Matthew 5:1-12a
The day of All Saints is beautiful because it gives us lots of strength and happiness to walk in the way of sanctity. It inspires to follow in the path of all these saints. The path of happiness and blessedness as explains the gospel of the day. The path of happiness by being the poor in spirit giving up everything expect Jesus. The path of happiness by being humble enough to include each richness of the other, small or big. The path of happiness by crying with those who cry and embracing the pain of the other. The path of happiness by not giving up any chance to do the right. The path of happiness by forgiving and not by stopping at the limitations of others. The path of happiness by being selfless to the point that your heart reflects the love of God. The path of happiness by creating peace in hearts and between hearts by listening, understanding and building relations. The path of happiness by welcoming any cross in this pursuit for spreading this love of God.
Oct 30, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
Monday of week 31 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 14:12-14
Giving lunch or dinner to your friends, brothers, relatives or rich neighbors, is essentially for ourselves. We need to feel surrounded by people whom we think that they are close to us. This is not our generosity, because in this we await reciprocity and appreciations. This is truly our selfishness in the biblical language. For me to feel good, I invite those who are close to me. But if you want to be generous, be with the poor and the needy. That is what the language of Jesus is speaking. Love those who need your love. Give food to whom needs food. Give cloth to whom needs clothes. No need of theories and seminars on poverty. Be with the poor and share what you have. Giving in order to be selfless must be to the one who has nothing. Only then it becomes incarnation!
Oct 29, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 19:1-10
“Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today.’” Until the moment you let Jesus into your heart you are filled with yourself and with the things you have. All your efforts in your life are to protect yourself and to accumulate more and more things for yourself. You do everything to achieve this. That is why we see people never satisfied with what they have. They want more. But the moment you encounter Jesus and listen to His words, “come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today”, everything changes. You start emptying yourself, you start repairing for what you did, you start doing penitence. This encounter with Jesus comes a desire followed by a pursuit. This desire, this desire to see Jesus, is a gift of God Himself. We must accept that gift with a pursuit against all excuses. Zacchaeus did not stop his search before his shortness. He climbed the tree on the way Jesus would pass. Jesus reached and looked up. We also follow the gift of desire to see Jesus in our vocation. We face with weaknesses. There are trees on the way Jesus is passing – the Sacraments, Word of God, good friendships etc. Are we following our desire to see Jesus climbing upon those trees at our disposal or are we giving up? Actually, Jesus is walking that way awaiting to see you there on that tree.
Oct 29, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 14:1,7-11
“…For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted.’” We will be thinking how are we exalting ourselves? I exalt myself in all those moments in which I pretend to be something more than what I am. I exalt myself in all those moments in which I associate with someone who is in power, or I want to be friends with people in power, for my selfish reasons. I exalt myself in all those moments in which I search for banners or slogans to project myself. All these moments you are acting contrary to the gospel because you are acting contrary to God who wants that you be yourself. That is why you get humbled. On the contrary when you are humble and accept and be what you are, God takes control of your life and will be exalted.
Oct 27, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles – Feast
Gospel – Luke 6:12-19
The caller is more important than the call. This is very important about our vocation. When we forget the caller, the call becomes insignificant and irrelevant. This is what happens with lot of vocations. They are so focused on their vocation but not on the person who called them. They have practically no relation with the caller but only related to the call. We become good managers, we become good organizers, we make good profit and even we give good service. But our mission is different. We are called to be with Him, our caller. Whatever we do, without His presence becomes meaningless. In our mission, it’s not about the successes but it’s about the presence of the one who called us makes all the difference.
