Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time
Saints Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs
Gospel – Luke 9:7-9
“And he was anxious to see Jesus”. From where the anxiousness of Herod does the tetrarch comes from. It comes from his guilt feeling for what he had done to John the Baptist. It comes from the news what some people were saying, “that John had risen from the dead”. So, his curiosity is not for knowing Jesus. But to see how the John is Risen, the Risen John. The reason to know Jesus can be many in our life. What we must do is to purify our intention of following Jesus. Our intention to follow Jesus must not be a curiosity but love to Him. Often, our intentions can be contaminated. Then we must purify our intentions. Let’s reflect: Do I follow Jesus?
Don Giorgio