Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Intention: For God’s blessing on our labors, that they may bring to us our daily bread and that they always be done with humility, honesty, and justice.
Today’s Gospel | Luke 4:16-30
Jesus came to Nazareth and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written: “The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me. He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord’s year of favor.” He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he said to them, “This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen.” And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Is this not the son of Joseph?” He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’” And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But he passed through the midst of them and went away.
From the Meditation on Saint Gregory the Great, Pope | Saint John Baptist de La Salle
Saint Gregory suffered throughout his life with extreme patience… In all this Gregory imitated the holy man Job, whose spirit he had thoroughly absorbed while writing a commentary on the Book of Job. The only remedy he used in all this suffering was recourse to prayer, in which he found great support; God became his protector in his sufferings and in the opposition he met.
Prayer
Eternal Father, there are times when we do not realize that you are coming to us through the scriptures, through one another, and through our experiences each day. Open our eyes to your presence and our ears to the sound of your voice. Guide us away from sin and darkness and into the fullness of your light. Most of all, help us to say yes to you and to welcome you into our hearts. We ask this of you who lives and reigns with your Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.