Nov 4, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time
Reading: Romans 13:8-10
Saint Paul distills the essence of the Christian life into one simple yet all-encompassing command: “Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another.” Love is not an optional virtue, it is the fulfillment of the law, the heartbeat of every authentic relationship with God and others. This love is not sentimental or selective; it is active, self-giving, and faithful, reflecting the very love of Christ who gave Himself for all. When we love, we no longer live bound by rules but guided by the Spirit of freedom that transforms every commandment into an act of compassion. Love becomes the debt we are never meant to repay fully, for it is renewed daily in service, forgiveness, and understanding. To live in love is to allow Christ’s presence to dwell in us, turning even the smallest gesture into an echo of divine mercy. Let’s reflect: Do I live with the awareness that love is my greatest and ongoing debt, to God, to my neighbour, and to the world entrusted to my care?
Don Giorgio
Nov 3, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time
Readings: Romans 12:5-16ab
Saint Paul’s image of the Church as one body with many members is both beautiful and demanding. Each of us is uniquely gifted, yet our gifts find their purpose only when used in love for the unity and growth of the whole. “We are one Body in Christ,” Paul writes, and he describes what that truly looks like: sincere love, mutual affection, patience in hardship, perseverance in prayer, generosity, and hospitality. This is not just moral advice, it is the rhythm of Christian life, where diversity becomes harmony through the Spirit. Saint Charles Borromeo embodied this vision through his tireless pastoral care, bringing reform, education, and compassion to a divided Church. He reminds us that unity is not uniformity but the fruit of love that embraces difference. When we live this way, fervent in spirit and first to love, the Body of Christ becomes a living witness to the world of God’s goodness and mercy. Let’s reflect: Do I use the gifts God has given me to build unity in the Body of Christ through love, patience, and service, or do I let pride and indifference weaken the harmony of this divine family?
Don Giorgio
Nov 2, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Monday of week 31 in Ordinary Time
Saint Martin de Porres, Religious
Reading: Romans 11:29-36
Saint Paul’s words in Romans remind us of the astonishing depth of God’s mercy, His plan of redemption that transforms even disobedience into a path toward grace. “For God delivered all to disobedience, that He might have mercy upon all.” This is the great paradox of salvation: our weakness becomes the very place where divine mercy reveals its power. Humanity’s failure does not frustrate God’s plan; it becomes the occasion for His compassion. Saint Martin de Porres lived this mystery with quiet humility and love, turning human brokenness into an opportunity for kindness and healing. He reflected the heart of a God who stoops down not to condemn, but to lift up. When we accept that we are all in need of mercy, we discover the unity that binds us, no one is excluded from the embrace of God’s compassion. In this humility, we find both freedom and peace, for everything begins and ends in mercy. Let’s reflect: Do I let the awareness of my own weakness open my heart to God’s mercy and to compassion for others, or do I still struggle to accept that redemption flows through humility and grace?
Don Giorgio
Nov 1, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
All Souls
Wisdom 5: 15 – 23. The Lord take care of the Just and nothing will happen to them. Even death cannot do nothing.
Romans 8: 14 -23. St. Paul is explaining why we are safe because we share the sonship with Jesus. We are sons and daughters of God
The Commemoration of All Souls invites us to gaze beyond the limits of death and to rediscover the unbreakable bond that unites us with those who have gone before us in faith. The Book of Wisdom assures us that “the souls of the just are in the hands of God, and no torment shall touch them.” Death, which to our eyes appears as loss, is in truth a passage into the fullness of divine care, a moment when God gathers His children into eternal peace. Saint Paul deepens this mystery by reminding us that we share in the very sonship of Jesus; we are children of the same Father, heirs to His glory. This means that our loved ones are not lost to us, they live in God, and in Him our communion endures. Love, born of the Spirit, cannot be severed by death; it is transformed, purified, and made eternal. Our prayer for the departed, then, is not only remembrance, it is participation in that love which bridges heaven and earth, a hope that whispers quietly: we are still one family, and we shall meet again in the light of God’s eternal day. Let’s reflect: Do I live with the hope that love never dies, trusting that my departed loved ones rest in God’s care and remain united with me in the communion of His eternal love?
Don Giorgio
Oct 31, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
All Saints – Solemnity
Readings: Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 John 3:1-3
The Solemnity of All Saints invites us to contemplate not an unreachable perfection, but the radiant beauty of lives wholly transformed by the mercy of God. The saints are those who, through grace, have washed their garments clean, not by their own merit, but by immersing their lives in divine love. They are not distant heroes but men and women who allowed mercy to become the substance of their existence. The Book of Revelation shows them standing before the Lamb, clothed in white, their lives purified by the fire of God’s compassion. Saint John tells us that our destiny is to “see God as He is,” a vision that begins already in this life when we let His light shape our hearts. To be a saint is to live transparently before God, to see and be seen in the truth of love. Holiness, then, is not an achievement but a transformation: to be so immersed in mercy that our lives reflect the very face of God. Let’s reflect: Am I allowing the mercy of God to wash and transform my life so deeply that, even now, I begin to see and reflect God as He truly is?
Don Giorgio
