24th WEDNESDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Gospel (Lk

WEDNESDAY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
Gospel
Lk 7:31-35
‘’To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,
‘We played the flute for you,
and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not weep.’
For John the Baptist has come
eating no bread and drinking no wine,
and you say, ‘He has a demon’;
the Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,
‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated
by all her children.”
The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ
The Word of God for Everyone
Dear people of God,
In today's Word of God, God the Father invites His children: to unite and love one another, to worship and praise God the Father together; to unite and fight against Satan, because Satan always seeks to divide God the Father's children.
To be united and love one another as God the Father invites, He wants each person to abandon their selfish ego and worship God together in their thoughts and actions. By doing so, everyone will avoid the sins that Satan brings.
God the Father also invites His children: to live in the wisdom of God the Father, that is, to have charity, love, humility, self-abasement, simplicity, so that God's spirit can work in them. Otherwise, Satan will come and act in our own souls and bodies. They will control us according to their instructions and will lead us to evil actions, making us far from the mercy of God the Father.
God the Father continues to call on His children: while living in this world, let us love and forgive; let us abandon our selfish egos, to serve others as God the Father has commanded. God the Father wants people to worship only Him as the only One, to love Him with all their souls, with all their minds, and to love their fellow human beings as themselves.
In today's Word of God, God the Father also mentions the great prophet of God the Father, Saint John the Baptist. God the Father sent him to the world to call on everyone to repent, to abandon the path of sin and return to Him. But people used human wisdom to justify and kill Saint John.
For this reason, today, once again God the Father calls upon His children: to be alert to the temptations of Satan, do not listen to his instigation; practice charity, love, and above all, unite with one another, so that Satan will be defeated.
God the Father is not pleased when His children are jealous, envious and proud. Because these things will pull the souls of His children away from His loving embrace and will lose the happiness of the Kingdom of Heaven that God the Father has prepared for His children.
Thanks be to God. Amen.