Mystery of the day: Luminous
Celebration: Ferial
📖Table of the Word
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:18–19, 24–29
Gospel: Mark 4:1–20
Theme: The measure you give will be the measure you get.
Reflection
Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, you are most welcome with joy to Thursday of the 3rd week in Ordinary Time of the year. From our Ambo this morning the Church invites us to reflect on the virtue of charity, employing Mark's account of our Lord's teching: “The measure you give will be the measure you get.” (Mark 4:24)
In the first reading, we saw David standing before God overwhelmed with mind blowing question : “Who am I, O Lord God…?”
He realizes everything he has is gift.
And when you know everything is gift, you stop calculating. You become generous. Grateful hearts don’t measure tightly.
They pour freely. Because they know they received freely. David’s prayer teaches us: those who recognize grace become generous with grace.
On the other hand, Evangelist Mark in his account presents before us our Lord's powerful and touchy teaching on this, when He speaks of a lamp (cf. Mark 4:21–25).
You don’t light a lamp to hide it.
Light must give itself away.
Then comes the heart of today’s message: “The measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you.”
This is the law of the Kingdom.
If you give:
- little love → little joy
- little forgiveness → little peace
- little mercy → little freedom
But if you give:
- generously
- freely
- abundantly
God multiplies it beyond imagination.
Because God cannot be outdone in generosity.
Beloved in Christ, let us think of our heart as a cup.
- If we hold it tightly closed, only a few drops fit.
- If we open it wide, it overflows.
God always pours.
In the wordly mind goes the thought:
“Keep. Protect. Store.”
Then Jesus says: “Give. Trust. Share.”
The world says: “If you give, you lose.”
Jesus says: “If you give, you receive more.”
This is why the saints were always joyful.
They gave everything away
and somehow had everything.
Because love expands the soul.
Selfishness shrinks it.
Finally, Do not ration your love.
- Do not calculate your kindness.
- Do not measure your forgiveness.
- Open wide your heart.
- Give patience.
- Give mercy.
- Give time.
- Give attention.
- Give your “yes.”
And watch how heaven responds.
Because in God’s mathematics:
Generosity multiplies.
At the end of life,
we will not regret loving too much.
We will only regret loving too little.
- So measure big.
- Forgive big.
- Serve big.
- Trust big.
Because the same cup you use for others is the one God will use for you. For indeed, there is nothing that we have that was not given to us.
+ Peace be with you!
© ARCHIVE 29012026
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