Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Luke 14: 1-6
October 31, 2025 | Friday

Today’s Gospel

One Sabbath Jesus had gone to eat a meal in the house of a leading Pharisee, and he was carefully watched. In front of him was a man suffering from dropsy; so Jesus asked the teachers of the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” But no one answered. Jesus then took the man, healed him, and sent him away. And he said to them, “If your lamb or your ox falls into a well on a Sabbath day, who among you doesn’t hurry to pull it out?” And they could not answer.

Today’s Reflection

Jesus in the Gospel highlights the importance of mercy and compassion more than any other rules on the Sabbath. The healing of a man with dropsy signifies Jesus’ priority on the dignity and well- being of the individual over strict rules. It reminds us that we must also align our adherence to the rule with God’s justice and compassion for others.

/Vulnerasti, 2025