First Reading: (Acts 28:16–20, 30–31)
Responsorial Psalm: (Psalm 11)
Response: The upright shall behold your face, O Lord.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, Alleluia.
“I will send to you the Spirit of truth,” says the Lord;
“He will guide you to all truth.”
Gospel: (John 21:20–25)
Reflection:
In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches a simple but powerful lesson: focus on your own journey with God instead of becoming distracted by the lives of others.
After Jesus told Peter about his own mission and future suffering, Peter immediately turned his attention to John and asked, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus answered firmly: “What is that to you? You follow me.”
Peter wanted to know another person’s path instead of concentrating on his own. Many of us do the same. We spend time watching, judging, discussing, and comparing ourselves with others while neglecting the work God is asking us to do within ourselves.
Jesus reminds us today that everyone has a different calling, different struggles, and a different path. Our responsibility is not to manage the lives of others but to remain faithful to our own mission.
Too often we focus on the faults of others while ignoring the areas in our own lives that need conversion. We speak about other people’s failures, sins, and weaknesses, yet fail to examine our own hearts.
The Lord calls us today to stop wasting energy on matters that do not concern us. Instead, let us use our time to grow in holiness, humility, patience, and love.
There is still much within us that God wants to heal and transform. Let us therefore focus on becoming better disciples rather than becoming observers and critics of others.
Mind your soul.
Mind your relationship with God.
Mind the work of becoming holy.
That is the business that truly matters.
Amen.
God bless you
Pal Ronnie
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