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Commentary on the Gospel of October 25, 2024
Dear Friends:
The readings proposed to us in today’s liturgy call us to live consistently and to discern the signs of the times in which we are immersed. In the first reading, St. Paul exhorts us to live according to our vocation, which is a call to unity and love. He invites us to be humble, gentle and understanding, reminding us that we are one body in Christ, guided by one Spirit. The apostle urges us to maintain unity through peace, aware that there is one God, Father of all, who embraces and permeates all.
This unity is not an abstract ideal, but a concrete commitment lived in charity, in the effort to understand and bear with one another. It is a call to reflect in our daily lives the communion that God desires for his people, knowing that our faith, our baptism and our hope deeply unite us in the same Lord.
In the Gospel, Jesus challenges us to be people who know how to interpret the signs of the times. He reproaches us for not knowing how to discern what is happening around us, even though we are able to foresee climatic changes. This challenges us: do we know how to discern the needs of our time, do we listen to the cry of the impoverished of our world, are we able to judge what we should do, to make just decisions and act responsibly?
The Lord invites us to reorient our lives from the Gospel while we are «on the way», while we have the opportunity to reconcile and to do good. He calls us to be wise, not only in the affairs of the world, but also in the affairs of the kingdom of God. The Christian life is a constant journey of discernment, of seeking peace and justice before it is too late. It is a call to personal responsibility, to live in truth and to build reconciliation where it is needed.
Following the words of St. Paul, may we strive to live in the unity of the Spirit and, attentive to the teaching of Jesus, may we know how to interpret the times and act with justice and love in every situation we face.