Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time
Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr
Saints Laurence Ruiz and his Companions, Martyrs
Gospel Luke 9:43-45
“they were afraid to ask him about what he had just said”. This is about the disciples who were afraid to ask Jesus about His discourse on His passion. Because they couldn’t understand the plan of God. They see Jesus performing miracles, raising dead, and multiplying bread. And the same Jesus is speaking about being captured and killed. They couldn’t figure it out. Also, it’s very important to see when Jesus is saying this. “At a time when everyone was full of admiration for all he did, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘For your part, you must have these words constantly in your mind: “The Son of Man is going to be handed over into the power of men.”’ Everyone was full of admiration. But Jesus said to His disciples to keep this in their mind that, He is going to be handed over into the power of men. So, why is this happening? Because Jesus is here to atone for the sins and not for admiration. Jesus is to heal the humanity from its sins and not for fame. Atonement is done through the sacrifice and Jesus Christ is the sacrifice. The disciples did not ask Him because they saw only one part of Jesus. The principal part of Jesus as our Savior atoning our sins, they did not see and was afraid to ask. Le’s reflect: Do I see Jesus as atonement for my sins?
Don Giorgio