Daily Mass Reflection in September 11th 2025

First Reading (Colossians 3:12–17)

“Put on as God’s chosen ones… compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience… And over all these, put on love, that is the bond of perfection.”

Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 150)
“Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!”

Alleluia
“Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.”

Gospel (Luke 6:27–38)
“Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you… Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful.”

Reflection

Today’s readings call us to a life shaped not by human instinct but by divine grace. St. Paul reminds us that as God’s chosen people, we must clothe ourselves in compassion, patience, forgiveness, and above all, love. This is not a superficial love but the “bond of perfection” that unites us in Christ.

The psalm bursts with joy: “Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.” Gratitude and praise should flow naturally from hearts transformed by God’s mercy.

Jesus’ words in the Gospel challenge us profoundly: to love our enemies, to bless instead of curse, to give without expecting return. This is very hard thing to do at the human level. Jesus points us to the radical mercy of the Father, who “is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.”

That my friends is the heart of discipleship, to live not by the world’s standards of reciprocity and revenge but by God’s standard of mercy. When we forgive, when we love beyond measure, when we choose generosity over calculation, we reveal ourselves as true children of the Most High God.

We also are aware today marks the 24th anniversary of the gruesome evils that occurred in New York City in 2001. It has been 24 years and many still remembered that day vividly. A lot had happened after that day and still happening today as a result of that day. We world took things the other way, the way of revenge. And went after the so-called enemy all for revenge. The results?, big mess and more loses. That most likely was not the will of God. May we seek God in all we do.

And may all those who fell on that day and days afterwards, rest in peace. 

God bless you all.

Pal Ronnie