Reflection on Scripture | Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time

Join Msgr. Don Fischer as he reads and delivers a short reflection on today’s gospel, followed by 3 1/2 minutes of contemplative music and a closing prayer. Msgr. Don hopes that today’s reflection on the gospel will empower you to carry the Word in your heart throughout the day.

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Gospel 
Luke 8:19-21

The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him
but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside
and they wish to see you.”
He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers 
are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”

Reflection

Jesus came to reveal to us the relationship that is possible between ourselves and God the Father. And what we see in this story is a clarity of what it is that Jesus intention is. He wants to make a new relationship between God and His people as intimate and as close as mother, father, son, brother. He makes it clear that he has come to call us to a new family.

A family of faith. A family called the church.

Closing Prayer

Father, your call to have an intimate relationship with you is something we didn't expect. Help us to understand it more fully so that we can know the intimacy that you long to have with us. You dwelling within us, making us one with you, in a way we could never have imagined. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Kyle Cross