PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Join Msgr. Don Fischer as he reads and delivers a short reflection on today’s gospel, followed by 3 1/2 minutes of contemplative music and a closing prayer. Msgr. Don hopes that today’s reflection on the gospel will empower you to carry the Word in your heart throughout the day.

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Gospel

Matthew 19:13-15

Children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

After he placed his hands on them, he went away.

Reflection

There's something so powerful about giving us all an image of who we are to become, by going back to who we were when we were born, when we came into this world. It underscores that so often that things have happened to us, that rob us of what we had naturally as children. And they're all the beautiful, wonderful qualities that any human being, any adult, would want to have if they understand the kingdom of God, to be receptive and curious and trusting and imaginative.

All those qualities are those that we need to work on. The kingdom is not about people being controlled, it's about people returning to their origin, to their beauty, to what God created.

Closing Prayer

Father, bless us with the qualities we see so often in children. They're amazing. What they say, what they see, how they ask questions. Let us be like that with you, children. Children of you, God. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Kyle Cross