28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
October 11 & October 12, 2025
REFLECTION ON TODAY'S READING
Give Glory
“One of them, seeing that he was healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice” (Lk 17:15).
Let today’s Word challenge you. The ten lepers trusted the Lord, they set out on their journey, and along the way they realized they had been healed. But only one returned—the foreigner, the Samaritan—to give thanks.
It is in dialogue with the Father, built on faith and gratitude, that your healing takes place.
Pray that the Lord may make you capable of proclaiming His plan of salvation to the ends of your daily life, without prejudice, without exclusion, open to everyone you meet.
Offer this day to Him with trust as you pray the daily offering prayer.
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Saint Joseph Church Makawao - Bulletin
The Gospel Reading, Luke 17:11-19
Jesus heals 10 lepers, and one, the Samaritan, returns to give thanks.
Today we hear about how Jesus, continuing on his journey to Jerusalem, heals 10 lepers. This story is a lesson about faith and reminds us that faith is sometimes found in unlikely places. Ten people afflicted with leprosy cry out to Jesus. Struck with pity, Jesus heals all 10. However, only one is described as glorifying God and returning to thank Jesus. The one who returns is a Samaritan, a foreigner. In the Jewish circles in which Jesus lived, Samaritans were looked down upon because of the differences between the two communities in their observance of Judaism. It is significant, therefore, that Jesus commends the Samaritan for his faith, which has been his salvation. Throughout Luke's Gospel, faith is found in surprising places.
Another lesson for us in this Gospel has to do with salvation. All 10 of the lepers were given the gift of healing, but in his gratitude to God for this gift, the Samaritan found salvation. Our salvation is found in recognizing the gifts we have been given and knowing to whom we must offer our thanks. ld.
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A STEWARDSHIP MOMENT
In today’s Gospel, we hear of the ten men afflicted with leprosy, and the one who glorifies God for being healed. It is a dramatic scene of gratitude. But in order for the miracle to happen in the first place, these men had to start walking in faith before their diseased conditions change one tiny bit. Good stewards of their faith realize that they cannot wait until their problems are over to start walking in faith. They praise God even in the darkest of nights, and in the worst of circumstances. Do we walk in faith, offering the Lord our gratitude even when we are in difficult circumstances?
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