Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Monday, 14th October,2024

Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary time,

Luke 11:29-32

The crowds got even bigger and Jesus addressed them, ‘This is a wicked    generation; it is asking for a sign. The only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

‘On Judgement day the Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here.

‘On Judgement day the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation and condemn it, because when Jonah preached they repented; and there is something greater than Jonah here.’ 

• Jesus rebuked the Scribes and Pharisees for their lack of faith by saying, “This is an evil generation; it is asking for a sign.
  
  
• Do we, like many people, at times also interpret signs of the world in narrow, negative and superstitious ways?   
  
  
• Allow Christ’s Spirit to inspire and instruct you in His ways. Pray for the graces to be open and obedient to its promptings so that you will be able to live a life that is more wholesome and fulfilling.