PRI Reflection on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Sep 27, 2025 · 5m

Gospel

Luke 9:43b-45

While they were all amazed at his every deed,

Jesus said to his disciples,

"Pay attention to what I am telling you.

The Son of Man is to be handed over to men."

But they did not understand this saying;

its meaning was hidden from them

so that they should not understand it,

and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

Reflection

There's a line in Scripture that says Jesus is often the stumbling block.

Because people can't fathom the reality of who he really is. And he's revealing to us the doubt in his disciples over and over again. And what I believe it's there for…