Sep 18, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Wednesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 7:31-35
“They are like children shouting to one another while they sit in the marketplace”. These children sitting in the marketplace and shout between one another about their displeasures. This is a typical scene often in our reunions. Airing out our displeasures. “We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn’t dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn’t cry.”. When there is no place for God in our life, we make this. We do this because we see only what is possible in our eyes. But God is greater than this. God is greater than our gifts. When we give ourselves to God, then there are not any more displeasure or discontent. Because we believe that God will take care of things. Also, when we don’t believe that we normally tend to blame others for failures. That also disappears when we trust in God. We accept our responsibility. Life is more that blaming the other. Lets’ reflect: Can I see the beauty of life entrusted in the hands of the Lord?
Don Giorgio
Sep 17, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Tuesday of the 24th ordinary week
St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor
St. Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor
Gospel – Luke 7:11-17
“‘Everyone was filled with awe and praised God, saying: A great prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people.’ Before the signs we see in our daily lives, we must praise God. We must acknowledge God’s presence in our lives. Often we do not praise enough. Every day we can recognize many of God’s signs in our lives. Most of them we don’t even see or recognize. But for the ones we do recognize, we must praise God. And not only that, but we must also spread the word to those around us. This is the work of evangelization. We recognize God’s presence in our lives, we praise Him for it, and then we spread the news of His presence to those around us. We must have open eyes to see the signs, we must have open hearts to give thanks for the signs, and we must have open minds to proclaim this good news in our lives. Let us reflect: Do I recognize, praise and spread the presence of God in my life?
Don Giorgio
Sep 15, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs
Monday of week 24 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – John 17:11-19
“Consecrate them in the truth”. This is beautiful. Jesus praying to the Father for us. He is asking that “We are consecrated in the truth”. This is necessary so that we are protected from evil. “I am not asking you to remove them from the world, but to protect them from the evil one”. So, what does “Consecration in the Truth” means? Jesus explains that the Word of the Father is the Truth. And the Word is Jesus Christ. So, it’s to consecrate us in Jesus Christ, in the love of God manifested in His Person. Therefore, to consecrate us in the Truth means make us immersed in the love of God manifested in Jesus Christ. The Truth of God’s love which will never change or disappear irrespective of the conditions and situations. That love will protect us from evil. That love will watch over us. That love will make us happy. That love will make us fully happy. This Truth must be our continuous refuge and pathway. Let’s reflect: Do I understand the Truth to which I am consecrated?
Don Giorgio
Sep 15, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our Lady of Sorrows
Gospel Mark 8:27-35
“Because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’”. We always ask the question, why? Why God, You are giving me this Cross? But that’s a question we must not ask. Because any “why” before a cross is a question asked without understanding our vocation. Cross is fundamental to love. Any way which avoids the cross is not the way of Jesus Christ. So, if we ask why before a Cross, that means we did not understand the way. We just trying to avoid the sacrifice necessary to love. We are trying to be selfish. This was what St. Peter trying to do when he said to Jesus to avoid the Cross. So, if we want to be disciple of Jesus, we must welcome Cross in our life. “If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me”. We must renounce our interests, our wishes and accept the pain accompanied with that and love. Whenever we do that, we are following Jesus Christ who humbled himself to incarnate and to embrace the Cross to love each one of us. Let’s reflect: Do I avoid cross or welcome cross to love the other?
Don Giorgio
Sep 13, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Feast
Gospel – John 3:13-17
“so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life”. This is the message of Cross. That’s why it’s the Holy Cross. Because the Cross implies the message of incarnation. The Holy Cross announces the message of Love between God and man. The Holy Cross demonstrates the price of redemption. The Holy Cross is not just a theory of relationship. It’s the real relationship between God and man. And in this real relationship we are saved. The Cross underlines the most difficult part of this relationship, the sacrifice. His sacrifice. The sacrifice which makes all relationships beautiful and profound. This message is what we are carrying around our neck. The sacrifice of Jesus that changed everything. The sacrifice of Jesus which asks for a reciprocal consideration where we accept sacrifice and difficulties in our daily life to keep the love of Jesus more alive. Let’s reflect: How much I carry the message of Cross in our daily life?
Don Giorgio
