SATURDAY OF THE 32ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR
Celebration: St. Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
(1206-1280).
German by birth, he studied in Padua and Paris. He entered the Order of Preachers and taught theology. In Paris, St. Thomas Aquinas was his pupil. A man of great wisdom, he became a bishop and worked to establish peace among peoples and cities.
Table of the Word
First Reading: Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9
*Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
Theme: Wisdom, Science, Sacrament: In the Service of Truth.
Reflection
Beloved in Christ a beautiful dawn of Saturday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time of the Year Cycle C to you. With joy and gratitude to God whom we live, move and have our being - the Omniscience; that I wish to draw your attention to this great theme: "Wisdom, Science, Sacrament: In the Service of Truth" in our reflection today. These concepts are interwined as far as today’s living experience is concerned. Above all, they are all founded on the "Unmoved Mover" or the "Fulcrum of our Existence" - the Supreme Being.
In the course of this week's liturgy, the virtue of Wisdom has been a recurring theme, and today I wish to sample it alongside Science and Sacrament in the service of truth, as we joyfully celebrate the memorial of St. Albert the Great. He was a man of deep intellect and faith, a Dominican bishop and doctor of the Church, who embraced both theology and the natural sciences, insisting that all truth ultimately leads to God.
The first reading from the Book of Wisdom (cf. Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9) evokes in poetic imagery how God’s word descends, transforms creation, opens a path of salvation (as when the Red Sea gave way) and preserves His people. In St. Albert’s scholarly spirit, we are reminded that wisdom is not remote: it is active, penetrating heaven and earth.
The Gospel of Luke (cf. Luke 18:1-8 )
teaches about persistent prayer and justice, the widow who keeps knocking, the judge who finally acts. Jesus invites us to hold firm, to pray with endurance, to embrace the Kingdom even when delays or injustice threaten our hope.
However, bringing these together with St. Albert’s witness: God’s wisdom and the scientific understanding of creation both point to the Creator. Prayer, study, reflection, and action go hand-in‐hand in the Christian life. The Church celebrates truth in all its forms, intellectual, spiritual, and practical.
In this way, the reading and the memorial converge: we are invited to pray, to study, to seek truth, and to persevere in faith and justice. As St. Albert taught, the “full and lasting happiness” is to serve the author of all that is good.
On our own part as we reflect on this touchy theme let us ask ourselves these questions:
- Am I open to God’s word penetrating my life and transforming even the ordinary structures of creation around me?
- In what ways do I persist in prayer, especially for justice, for truth, for the voiceless?
- How might I follow St. Albert’s example of combining faith and reason, study and service, knowledge and humility?
-Finally, do I regard science, art, theology, and daily work as avenues through which God’s wisdom is revealed?
Think about it!
+ Peace be with you.
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