Monday of week 29 in Ordinary Time
Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest
Reading: Romans 4:20-25
Saint Paul’s words remind us that Abraham’s faith is not a story locked in the past, it is the living model of every believer’s journey. The righteousness credited to Abraham is also promised to us, not through our merit but through faith in the One who raised Jesus from the dead. In Christ, God’s saving plan reaches its fulfillment: Jesus was handed over for our sins and raised for our justification, transforming suffering into redemption and death into life. This is the foundation of Christian hope, that our faith unites us with the very power that raised Christ from the grave. Saint Paul of the Cross lived this mystery deeply; through his meditation on the Passion, he saw that the wounds of Christ are not marks of defeat but the signs of divine love that justifies and renews us. Our task is to believe with the same unwavering trust as Abraham, to let faith open our hearts to the grace of resurrection already at work within us. Let’s reflect: Do I truly believe that the power which raised Jesus from the dead is alive in me, justifying and transforming me each day through faith?
Don Giorgio