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Gospel Reading for October 24, 2026 – Luke 13: 1-9
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE.
Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. He said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did! Or those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them– do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!”
And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none, he said to the gardener,‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. So cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?’ He said to him in reply, ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.’”
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As long as we live, no matter how old we have become, there is always hope. God always gives us chances and even the capability to change our ways according to how we are meant to be. Being made in his image and likeness, we are meant to project such image and likeness of being good, kind, compassionate, forgiving and everything that characterizes LOVE.
When we try to be what we are meant to be, some of us think we have to exert much effort, as if it is not worth the try. But it becomes this only when we got so used to being the opposite of who we are meant to be. Nevertheless, we need to cultivate and fertilize our lives through constant communication with God in prayer, the sacraments, and in doing charitable works.
The efforts, even if they be great, is worth more than our life on earth is, because it is what will bring us everlasting life with God.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE.
Lord God, we thank you for always giving us the chance to attain eternal life with you. Amen.
