Daily Reading: True Blessedness - Lk 11:27-28

August 12, 2013

Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar

27^th Saturday in Ordinary Time

Gospel Reading: True Blessedness

Lk 11:27-28

While [Jesus] was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed." He replied, "Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it."


My Reflection
I love that in this gospel, Jesus tells us that we can also be blessed, as Mary was blessed. She's blessed not because she's the Mother of Jesus, but because she chose to obey God's word.

How good it is to know that we too can experience the grace of being blessed, just by keeping and living the word of God. We have a lot of ways to hear and know of God's word. We can attend mass, read the bible and join in catholic groups. But it doesn't stop there. We should take these words to heart and follow them. Hearing is not enough. We should listen to God's call and live as He wants us to. This is the path to blessedness, to heaven.

Jesus is Weakest When Your Faith is Strongest.

Like most of us, when people we love ask us of something, we find it hard to say "No". It pains us to turn them away when they need us. In a similar manner, when we ask Jesus earnestly, and with great faith, He give us what is due.

Gospel Reading: The Paradox of the Grain of Wheat - Jn 12:24-26

Jn 12:24-26

The Paradox of the Grain of Wheat

²⁴Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.

²⁵Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.

²⁶Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me.