Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Lk 14: 25-33
November 8, 2023 | Wednesday
One day, when large crowds were walking along with Jesus, he turned and said to them, “If you come to me, unwilling to sacrifice your love for your father and mother, your spouse and children, your brothers and sisters, and indeed yourself, you cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not follow me, carrying his own cross, cannot be my disciple.
Do you build a house without first sitting down to count the cost, to see whether you have enough to complete it? Otherwise, if you, have laid the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone will make fun of you:‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’
And when a king wages war against another king, does he go to fight without first sitting down to consider whether his ten thousand can stand against the twenty thousand of his opponent? And if not, while the other is still a long way off, he sends messengers for peace talks. In the same way, none of you may become my disciple, if he doesn’t give up everything he has.
Today’s Reflection:
Whatever it is that we hold dear to our hearts is always worth keeping. Attached to them are the Corresponding memories with sentimental values we always love to go back to every now and then. The same is true with people close to our hearts, we devote a great deal of ourselves to all the people we love. However, it is important to note how all these created realities will pass away including our earthly lives. Without us knowing it, they pass swiftly. Jesus asks us to detach from them because this is the only way our hearts can become available to God alone. He asks us to let go of them not because they are not important but precisely because they are of utmost value to us and willingness to do such sacrifice is the greatest act of love. / Vulnerasti, 2023
