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GOSPEL REFLECTIONS — TUESDAY, 27TH OCTOBER 2026
BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
Cycle A
Ordinary Time
30th Week of Ordinary Time
DAILY READING
First Reading: Ephesians 5:21-33
Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior. Just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything, to their husbands.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word, so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind—yes, so that she may be holy and without blemish. In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hates his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, because we are members of his body. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the church. Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.
Psalm: Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5
Happy is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.
Happy is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.
Thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
The Lord bless you from Zion.
May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
Gospel Reading: Luke 13:18-21
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”
And again he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
REFLECTION
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus says that the kingdom of God “is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch of dough was leavened.”
What’s the kingdom of heaven? It is God’s way of ordering things. How often the Bible contrasts it to the “world,” which is the way of ordering things that is born of sin. When self-interest, rivalry, egotism, violence, and fear are fundamental, things will get ordered in a certain way—economically, politically, socially.
But the kingdom of God is the way of ordering things born of love—love for God and love for neighbor. Generosity, peace, nonviolence, and trust will give rise to a new way of ordering things. This is true of a family, a school, a parish, a community, a nation state.
Now how in the world does one get this project off the ground? As should be clear, this never happens all at once overnight. Rather, in small ways, people begin living according to the kingdom. And then, in God’s time, this new community begins to have a leavening effect on the wider society.
PRAYER POINTS — TUESDAY, 27TH OCTOBER 2026
Father, help me to live according to the kingdom of God, not according to the world. Let my life be ordered by love, not by sin.
Lord, let me be like the mustard seed — small in beginning but great in growth. Let my faith grow and become a blessing to many.
Father, let me be like the yeast — hidden, quiet, but powerful. Let my life have a leavening effect on those around me.
Lord, deliver me from self-interest, rivalry, egotism, violence, and fear. Let generosity, peace, nonviolence, and trust rule in my heart.
Father, let my family, my church, and my community be ordered according to Your kingdom. Let Your will be done in them.
Lord, help me to be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Let humility and mutual respect mark my relationships.
Father, let the love of Christ be the model for my love. Let me love sacrificially, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it.
Lord, let Your kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Use me to advance Your kingdom in my generation.
DECLARATIONS — TUESDAY, 27TH OCTOBER 2026
I declare that I live according to the kingdom of God, not according to the world. My life is ordered by love, not by sin.
I am like the mustard seed — small in beginning but great in growth. My faith grows and becomes a blessing to many.
I am like the yeast — hidden, quiet, but powerful. My life has a leavening effect on those around me.
I am delivered from self-interest, rivalry, egotism, violence, and fear. Generosity, peace, nonviolence, and trust rule in my heart.
My family, my church, and my community are ordered according to God’s kingdom. His will is done in them.
I am subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Humility and mutual respect mark my relationships.
The love of Christ is the model for my love. I love sacrificially, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it.
God’s kingdom comes and His will is done on earth as it is in heaven. I am used to advance His kingdom in my generation.
KEY VERSE FOR MEDITATION
Luke 13:20-21 — “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The kingdom of God does not come with a sudden revolution. It comes as a quiet leaven, working through a community that lives according to the way of love, until the whole batch of dough is leavened.
