21 October, 2023 | Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel Lk 12:8-12 Learn to Preach effectively Jesus said to his disciples: "I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God. "Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say." Reflections Jesus entrusted his disciples to the care of the Holy Spirit with great confidence. This Spirit would be with them when they faced hostile forces in the world. This Spirit would be their strength, wisdom and consolation as they sought to follow Jesus and become more and more like him. Through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we