FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD
1 OCTOBER 2024
SAINT THERESA of the CHILD JESUS
26TH Tuesday of Ordinary Time
WORD of the DAY
When the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined
to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way they
entered a Samaritan village
to prepare for his reception there, but they would not welcome him because the
destination of his journey was Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw
this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to
consume them?” Jesus turned and rebuked them,
and they journeyed to another village. (Luke 9: 51-56)
How shall I live this Word? 
‘Set out on the road’ is the very clear call to which today’s Gospel invites us. Jesus does not preach to us with many words on the subject. He himself does it; He sets off. We commonly use this metaphor, “to set out on our way”. How? Where? When? What is the goal? These are questions that accompany the journey of life. “Jesus resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, “when “the days in which He would be lifted up” would be fulfilled. With these words, Jesus refers to His elevation on the Cross. He is already determined to reach His final goal, to give His life for the salvation of all, there in Jerusalem. Jesus is “journeying to Jerusalem”, where the fulfilment of a plan entrusted to Him by the Father awaits: our salvation. But on the way, there are difficulties, as happens to us. “The Samaritans did not want to receive him.” Jews and Samaritans did not get along, for the social- political reasons; they do not want to receive Him. Then the disciples’ wrath is kindled, and Jesus rebukes them. Jesus continues on His way.
Lord Jesus, thank you for today putting your life before me to compare it with mine. Give me the strength and courage to set out. Give me your Holy Spirit to enter deep into my life and ask me again existential questions: Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going?
The voice of Fabrizio Caramagna, Writer
Sometimes we traverse streets that the heart does not understand and the mind does not know how to explain. But the soul knows.
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