Tuesday 28 October 2025
Ss Simon and Jude
Ephesians 2:19-22. Their message goes out through all the earth – Ps 18(19):2-5. Luke 6:12-19.
Healthy faith life
I like to think that today’s Gospel shows us three modes of prayer that need to be kept in balance in a healthy faith life. To begin, we see Jesus spending the night on the mountain alone in prayer. A healthy prayer life needs time for individual contemplative prayer. This can be hard to find in the midst of what seems like the relentless demands of a busy life, but it’s important.
Next, we see Jesus gather his disciples. Our faith isn’t just about us as individuals. It is played out in community. Faith needs community to survive. Sunday Mass, family prayer, small church communities and ministry groups all contribute to community prayer.
Finally, the disciples go out into the wider world to spread God’s word. It is tempting, especially in Australian society, to keep our faith in a kind of silo. I go to church on Sunday, but it doesn’t need to permeate my daily life. But going out into the world with my faith is important. It doesn’t need to be drastic. It can be in keeping with my own personality. But we are all called to witness to our faith.
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