* REFLECTION CAPSULES FOR THE DAY: _Oct 22, 2026 - Thursday_*
*"Choosing _the path of suffering and self-sacrifice_ in our journey with the Lord!"*
*(Based on Eph 3:14-21 and Lk 12:49-53 - _Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2)_*
One of the common questions that is usually asked to kids is: ”What do you want to become when you grow big?”
And the answers we get are sometimes common, sometimes interesting, sometimes even weird…
“I want to be a doctor!”
“I want to be a professional ice cream taster!“
“I want to be the next Elon Musk or Steve Jobs!”
”I want to fly to Mars!”
"I want to be a magician who makes homework's and vegetables disappear!'
But suppose, if the same question were to be put forward to another Kid…
This Kid would have given perhaps the strangest and the shocking answers of all:
>> “When I grow big, I want to Die!
I am living my life, so that I can die!”
Guess who is this Kid?
Well… no marks for guessing who it is..
>> It is Jesus!
The Gospel of the Day presents this burning and intense desire of the Lord, “There is a baptism with which I must be baptized and how great is my anguish, until it is accomplished” (Lk 12:50)
Christ came into the world to save the world.
And this salvation was possible for Him, only through the way of suffering.
This is the Baptism to which Christ refers to….
A Baptism of suffering.
A Baptism of obedience.
A Baptism of self-sacrifice.
This way of the Lord is not easy.
It causes division and separation, even in families.
The Lord invites us to be bold in accepting the Crosses of our life…
… to share with Him, in the Baptism of suffering and pain.
We still have much to grow.
What are we growing ourselves into?
>> Christ is the example for us.
>> He chose suffering and self-sacrifice as His path to glory.
His way is the way of suffering.
His way is the way of pain.
His way is the way of the Cross.
But…
… His way is also the way of joy!
… His way is also the way to glory!
… His way is also the way of healing!
And now He beckons each one of us too…
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