LET US ACT WITH COMPASSION! ~ CookingFood.Org

“HONEY FROM THE ROCK”

Tuesday, 13^th September 2016,

Twenty Fourth Week of Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

1 Cor 12: 12-14, 27-31;

Ps 99: 2-5;

Lk 7: 11-17

LET US ACT WITH COMPASSION!

Today’s Gospel presents the episode of the raising of the son of the widow of Nain. With few words Luke succeeds to paint a very beautiful picture on the encounter of the two processions: the procession of death which is going out of the city and accompanies the widow who is taking her only son towards the cemetery; the procession of life which enters the city and accompanies Jesus. It is compassion which moves Jesus to speak and to act. Compassion signifies literally: “to suffer with”, to assume or make ours the suffering of the other person, identifying oneself with the person, feeling the pain, the suffering. It is compassion which puts into action the power of Jesus, the power of life over death. Does the suffering, the sorrow of others produce in me the same compassion? What do I do to help others to overcome their sorrow and to create a new life?

Prayer: Raise me up O Lord, whenever I am lifeless and full of despair. Amen.