Good morning, good people,
May the Lord continue to bless you with health, happiness, and joy in the Holy Spirit. It is 16th September 2025. Today we reflect on 1 Tim 3:1-13; Ps 101:1-3,5,6; and Lk 7:11-17. We celebrate the memorial of Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs.
Is God visiting our lives today?
Saint Cornelius, Pope, encourages us: “We must embrace with the arms of mercy those who have fallen, and not drive them away with harshness, for the Church is not a place of condemnation but of healing.”
The readings speak about the visitation of God.
Human visits today have become formal, secretive, and commercial in purpose. We are always in a rush. Our lives are sophisticated and advancing in many ways, yet we are slowly and surely losing the sense of being human.
Life becomes meaningless if it is not lived for a noble cause. St. Paul says: “To aspire to preside is to aspire to a noble work.” We are given this privilege to be human in order to be humble and at the service of humanity.
Jesus visited a widow who was grieving for her only son. Jesus noticed her pain and sorrow. Seeing the young man who was dead, Jesus acted:
“Young man, I tell you, arise!”
The boy sat up, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. It is indeed the Heart of God displayed in His Only Son Jesus. Even today, when God visits us through Jesus, He calls us: “Arise.”
Saint Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, reminds us: “He cannot have God for his Father who does not have the Church for his Mother.”
God visits people today through the Most Holy Eucharist, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Anointing of the Sick, the Breaking of the Word, and through the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church. Every tiny effort we make in forgiving, comforting, serving, motivating, or encouraging someone allows others to experience the visitation of God.
May the Lord help us to bring the love of Christ to all whom we meet.