Good morning good people, May the Lord give you peace, and blessings in the Holy Spirit. It is 03rd November 2025. We reflect on Romans 11:29-36 and Luke 14:12-14. We celebrate the memorial of St. Martin de Porres, who reminds us, “Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden, and waiting on the sick can be a prayer, if it is offered to God.”
During Halloween, children go around houses dressed so ghostly, asking people: “Trick or Treat?” Seeing how unfairly things are often played out around us, and noticing the widening disparity, we may find ourselves asking: Are we treated or cheated?
We can easily become envious of those who have more. But can we still treat others kindly when they cannot treat us back? It is not about who receives the best or the first God wants to save us all.
God never takes back His call and His gifts; yet we can lose them by the way we respond and fail to use them for God’s glory and for the good of others. We gain even greater blessings after our life on earth for having been charitable to the needy and the vulnerable.
In the first reading, St. Paul reminds us that even though the people of Israel were unfaithful, God remained consistently faithful and generous. God’s love embraces justice, and in this fine and subtle merging, there is ample room for mercy. God does not ignore mercy to establish justice—because God is love. Perhaps this is what leads us to take God’s call and gifts for granted.
The responsorial psalm pleads, “In your great love, answer me, O God.” (Ps 68:14)
The Gospel teaches us that charity is not reciprocal, but a choice. Our Lord calls us to share our resources with those who cannot repay us. Our acts of charity must not seek reward, recognition, or admiration, even from ourselves. We may not receive blessings for our generosity here on earth, but surely, we will in heaven.
Let us, therefore, be more charitable today than we were yesterday. As God reaches out to us despite our unfaithfulness, may we reach out to those forgotten by a merciless and money-driven society. God Himself will reward us when we meet Him in heaven.
Let our giving to the poor and needy be humble and anonymous—this is the spirit of charity Jesus desires in His followers.
“When you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” (Luke 14:13–14)
Receiving gratitude from the poor is rare; even after our generosity, we may be misunderstood or ignored. Still, God sees. May the Lord help us remain generous and tireless in loving and serving those who cannot repay us.