Walking with Jesus: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
For Sunday, August 10, 2025 Wisdom 18:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:32-48 A few personal thoughts to start our reflections today: Where and how did I come to believe and have faith in the important people who have come into my life: parents, siblings, family, teachers, religious figures, bosses, acquaintances? And: Since faith involves trust, acceptance and confidence in someone or something, EVEN WHEN there is uncertainty or lack of complete evidence or proof, how do I process faith in my life? One more: What have I learned from my trials in living my faith when I had to redefine what faith means to me? Today — in the middle of Ordinary Time — we are confronted with a theme normally associated with the end of the Liturgical Year and the season of Advent: the vigilance that we live a life of faith by looking at examples of faith and the heroes who have witnessed to God and His love for us and our love for Him. The book of Wisdom was written about 50 years before the coming of ...