Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time
First reading – Romans 12:3-13
“Our gifts differ according to the grace given us”. In the reading today St. Paul is giving some very important advises for the life in the Church. One of those is a fundamental teaching about grace and gifts. We have different gifts because of the grace given to us. And the grace is always gratuitous. So all the gifts we have is because of the grace given to us by the Lord out of His love. St. Paul is explaining that these gifts are to be used for the unity between us, “we belong to each other”. We cannot use our gifts forgetting the other. And St. Paul continues, “Love each other as much as brothers should, and have a profound respect for each other”. So, our gifts are loving each other. Again, it is for working for the Lord with untiring effort, it’s for being cheerful. Let’s reflect: Am I using my gifts received from grace for loving the other?
Saturday 4 November
