PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Oct 10, 2026 · 5m

Original Postdate: 10-12-2024

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Gospel

Luke 11:27-28

While Jesus was speaking,

a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, a

“Blessed is the womb that carried you

and the breasts at which you nursed.”

He replied, “Rather, blessed are those

who hear the word of God and observe it.”

Reflection

The woman in the crowd pointed out something beautiful about Mary. That she is a human being trusted in and a promise that seemed impossible that she would somehow have growing within her the presence of God, in the person of Jesus, and then she nurtured it and cared for it. What Jesus then…