Friday of week 30 in Ordinary Time
Readings: Romans 9:1-5
Saint Paul’s anguish in today’s reading reveals the heart of a true missionary who loves deeply, suffers silently, and never stops hoping for the conversion of others. His pain is not rooted in anger or disappointment, but in love: the sorrow of seeing his own people fail to recognize the salvation offered through Christ. Every missionary, every believer who carries the Gospel, knows this cross. It’s the ache of witnessing hearts closed to God’s grace. Yet, even in that sorrow, Paul does not lose faith. He continues to intercede, to love, and to trust that God’s plan of mercy is greater than human resistance. This passage invites us to share in that same compassionate zeal: to pray not from judgment, but from tears; not from frustration, but from faith that no soul is beyond God’s reach. True evangelization is born from a heart willing to suffer for the salvation of others, just as Christ did. Let’s reflect: Do I carry in my heart the same compassionate love and patient hope for those who seem far from God, trusting that His mercy can reach them in His time?
Don Giorgio