Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Intention: For a greater respect for human life, particularly for the unborn and for those born into suffering, so that we will open our hearts to the sacredness of all life in all of its times.
Today’s Gospel | Luke 11:37-41
After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal. The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil. You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside? But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.”
From the Fifth Meditation for the Time of Retreat | Saint John Baptist de La Salle
Ask God today for the grace to watch so well over the children confided to you that you will take every possible precaution to shield them from serious faults.
Ask God to be such good guides for them, through the light that you will procure for yourselves by turning to God and by the fidelity with which you do your work, that you will see clearly every obstacle to the good of their souls and keep away from the path of their salvation everything that could harm them.
This is the principal care you must have for the children entrusted to you. It is the main reason why God has entrusted you with so holy a ministry, and it is on this that God will call you to give a very exact account on the day of judgment.
Prayer
Eternal Father, often in our world, too much value is placed on appearances. Your Son teaches us that it is not enough to just appear faithful; we must be faithful. Cleanse our hearts of whatever does not come from you. Help us to do only what gives you joy, what serves others, and what inspires all to know you better. Make of us a people who are righteous inside and out. We ask this of you who lives and reigns with your Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.