Daily Catholic Lectio
Thu, 1 October 2026
XXVI Week in Ordinary Time
Job 19:21-27; Lk 10:1-12
My Redeemer Lives
Today is the first day of a new month. We celebrate October as the Month of the Rosary and also as Mission Month. For this month, Pope Leo invites us to pray that spaces for the promotion of mental health may be created in the Church, that everyone may care for those who experience mental health difficulties, and that they may receive a dignified and non-discriminatory accompaniment.
Today we also celebrate Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, the Little Flower. She encourages us with her desire: “I choose all!” She invites us to desire everything that leads us to God.
In today’s first reading, Job makes a powerful profession of faith: “I know that my Redeemer lives.” A redeemer is one who restores, rescues, or stands in place of another, as we see in the Book of Ruth. In the Gospel, Jesus sends His disciples to proclaim, in another form, the same message: the Redeemer lives.
First, faith that my Redeemer lives.
Job is in deep suffering, yet he does not abandon hope. He declares firmly, “My Redeemer lives.”
Job believes that the end of his story is not determined by his present suffering. He knows that God is able to bring everything to a good end. If something has not ended well, then the story is not yet finished.
This hope gives Job the strength to endure his suffering.
Our Christian life is also built on this faith: our Redeemer is alive. We do not place our hope in a memory, an idea, or a dead past. We believe in the living God who can restore what is broken, heal what is wounded, and bring new life where we see only loss.
Second, proclaiming that my Redeemer lives.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus sends out the seventy-two disciples. He sends them to bring peace, healing, and to proclaim that the Kingdom of God has come near.
They are not only messengers who speak about God. They are witnesses of the living God. Their life must become a testimony to the message they proclaim.
We too are called to proclaim to others: “My Redeemer lives.”
Our world is often surrounded by death, darkness, fear, violence, loneliness, and discouragement. Into such a world, this message brings hope: the Redeemer lives.
The Christian message is not simply that suffering exists. It is that suffering does not have the final word. Darkness does not have the final word. Death does not have the final word. The Redeemer lives.
Third, God’s mission is urgent.
Jesus tells His disciples to continue their mission even when the message is not accepted. Even when they experience rejection, the Gospel must still be proclaimed. Evangelisation is not merely a personal option for a disciple. It is a responsibility. We cannot wait until every situation becomes favourable. We cannot wait until everyone accepts us. The mission must continue because the message is urgent.
God Himself works through us. We are His instruments. Job says, “My Redeemer lives.” The disciples proclaim that the Kingdom of God is near.
Saint Thérèse reminds us that even a small life, lived with great love, can become a powerful mission.
Today, let us hold firmly to this faith: my Redeemer lives. Let us live this faith. Let us proclaim this faith. And let us become instruments through whom the living Redeemer brings peace, healing, and hope to others.
Fr. Yesu Karunanidhi
Archdiocese of Madurai
A Yesni Prays Initiative
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