First Reading: (1 John 3:14–18)
Responsorial Psalm: (Psalm 34)
Response: “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.”
Alleluia: “I give you a new commandment, says the Lord: love one another as I have loved you.”
Gospel: (Luke 6:27–38)
Reflection
The readings today center on one theme: love that costs us something.
St. John challenges us to see love not as sentiment or speech but as action. “Our love is not to be just words… but something real and active.” True Christian love always moves, it notices, responds, sacrifices, and restores.
The Gospel pushes this even deeper. Jesus calls us to the hardest form of love:
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Loving enemies
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Blessing those who curse us
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Giving without expecting anything in return
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Offering mercy instead of judgment
This is not natural love but supernatural love, love powered by the Holy Spirit.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, whose deast day we celebrate today, lived this reading with radical clarity. A queen who walked among the poor, she recognized Christ in the hungry, the sick, and the forgotten. Her holiness came not from privilege but from compassion that emptied itself. You and I don't have to be in Hungary to help the poor and needy, we can do this wherever we are.
So today’s message is simple but demanding:
Love generously. Love mercifully. Love when it is not returned.
For the measure we pour out is the measure God will pour into us, “pressed down, shaken together, and running over.”
May we listen to the Holy Spirit, recognize Christ in one another, and live a love that is real, active, and courageous.
Have a wonderful week
Pal Ronnie
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