Saint Francis of Assisi
Wednesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time
First reading – Galatians 6:14-18
“The only thing I can boast about is the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ…” The words of St. Paul who lived this profound union with Jesus Christ we can see also in the life of St. Francis of Assisi. As St. Paul says this profound experience can be achieved only by becoming altogether a new creature. It cannot be achieved by making some adjustments and some adaptations. A radical and complete transformation which results in becoming a new creature. This is necessary because the effect of incarnation is not some adjustments or adaptations but a radical new beginning. In order to personalize that reality, we must also become a new creation. This essence of this becoming new creation is recognizing the value of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Cross of Jesus Christ becomes the parameter to see, to evaluate and to access every other reality in our life. The world around me will be relativized according to the Cross of Lord Jesus Christ. Let’s reflect: Is the Cross of Christ my parameter to see the world around me?
Wednesday 4 October
