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

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Oct 11, 2025 · 5m

Gospel

Luke 11:27-28

While Jesus was speaking,

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

"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

When a woman makes a comment about how blessed the person is who is able to bring Jesus into the world, he shifts the emphasis back on what the real reason that Mary and Jesus and all those that went before them. The reason they are blessed is because of what now is happening. The Kingdom of God is at hand.

People's hearts are…