Daily Mass Readings Reflection October 21, 2025

DAILY ROMAN CATHOLIC READINGS AND SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS Tuesday, 21st October 2025 ------------------------------------------------ TUESDAY, TWENTY NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Rom 5: 12, 15, 17-21 Ps 40: 7-10, 17 Lk 12: 35-38 ------------------------------------------------ LET US BE PREPARED! “The Lord is great” - how beautiful are these words of the psalmist - and indeed this greatness of our Lord is reflected in the readings of today’s liturgy. This greatness of our Lord is so beautifully intoxicating that it automatically makes us wait for him with bated breath. It makes us fall madly in love with him and we are always ready for action. In today’s gospel, our Lord blesses all those who are prepared to encounter him. As St Teresa of Avila, says, it is not we, but it is our Lord who is more eager to meet us. He is awaiting our preparedness so that he can welcome us with his arms open wide. Like Nathaniel under the fig tree, our Lord sees us first, much before we see him. He already knows us and sets us apart from the days in our mother’s womb. The first reading too speaks of our Lord’s greatness. It was nothing but the greatness of our Lord to have given His grace to sinful humanity. On that first Christmas morning, it was nothing but the greatness of our Lord that lay in the manger in those swaddling clothes. It was nothing but our Lord’s greatness that was obedient to the will of his Father on that Friday afternoon. This greatness is what even the psalmist sings about. How can our hearts not be transformed by this knowledge of our Lord’s greatness? There have been instances when we have failed to recognize the greatness of our Lord. Many miracles have been overlooked by us. But today’s readings remind us that if our hearts are vigilant in prayer, then everything is possible. Our persistent prayers will surely enable us to be ready to welcome our Lord. We do not know the hour and the day when our Lord will call us to him. But surely we can be prepared - the grace that we have received during our baptism - and the grace that we receive through the sacraments, help us to always be ready to encounter our Lord and recognize his greatness! Response: See, I have come, Lord, to do your will.