Wednesday of week 30 in Ordinary Time
Gospel Luke 13:22-30
“Then you will find yourself saying, “We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets” but he will reply, “I do not know where you come from. Away from me, all you wicked men!”” What went wrong here? They were with the Lord. But the Lord is not recognizing them. Because they did not do what the Lord asked. The Lord asked, “Try your best to enter by the narrow door”. The Lord asked to lead a life of sacrifice and sharing. But these people saw the company of the Lord as a means to eat and drink but not as a call to enter through the narrow door. Their proximity to Jesus was superficial. They treated their time with Him as an opportunity for socializing and self-indulgence (“eating and drinking”), not as a transformative encounter that required them to change their ways and follow the path of righteousness. They did not listen to the call of the Lord to do a life of sharing and sacrifice. The gospel passage underlines that the faith is not just about proximity to the sacred, Sacraments and Word of God, but about living in love in everyday life. It’s about making choices that align with the love Jesus preached, rather than seeking comfort or superficial connection without the depth of commitment. Let’s reflect: Is my proximity to the sacred just superficial or I live a life of sacrifice and sharing?
Don Gorgio