Sometimes the Gospel holds up a mirror.
And it shows us something we’d rather not see.
Today Jesus asks a quiet, piercing question:
Where do I meet Him… and where do I turn away?
At the altar, he was flawless.
Vestments perfect.
Movements precise.
Every prayer said with confidence.
But outside the sanctuary, something changed.
His words grew sharp.
His patience grew thin.
He walked past the very people
Jesus calls “the least of these.”
He loved the liturgy…
but he struggled to love the poor.
He proclaimed the Gospel…
but he missed the Christ standing right in front of him.
And before we judge him,
we have to breathe and admit:
there is a little bit of that deacon in all of us.
Because Jesus isn’t asking
how well we serve at the altar.
He is asking
how well we serve Him
in the hungry,
the lonely,
the forgotten.
When love becomes a person in need,
do I recognize Him?
And do I respond?
That is the question.
And that question is meant
to change us today.
Prayer
Lord Jesus,
open my eyes to the places I pass by.
Soften my heart where it has grown hard.
Teach me to see You
in the hungry, the lonely, the forgotten.
When love takes flesh before me,
let me recognize Your face.
Make my hands gentle,
and my steps ready to respond.
Amen
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