October 10, 2026  // Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Read the Word // Open your Bible to today’s Gospel: Luke 11:27-28

Reflect on the Word // 

She cuddles into me, nuzzling my breast, relaxing against my stomach, the milk flowing into her little growing body. Awe, surprise, wonder overcome me yet again. Here she is—a baby born nearly eleven years after our last—living, breathing, existing in my arms. I find I am more able to give myself in love to her than I was with my other babies after the long years of seeking God’s will for my life and accepting whatever came my way with trust. I feel blessed to have the womb that carried her and breasts that nurse her. 

The woman in the crowd in today’s Gospel was not wrong that Jesus’ mother, Mary, was blessed in bearing her Son in her womb and nourishing Him at her breast (see Luke 11:27). But prior to her bearing Him as a Son, she was already blessed. Mary spent her whole life hearing the word of God and observing it, and that is what first made her blessed (see Luke 11:28; Luke 1:28, 38). She was given the gift of being the Mother of God because she was perfectly aligned to God’s will, united to Him with her whole heart, mind, strength, and soul.

Whether we have borne a child or not, God wants to bless us. He wants to fill us with grace to hear His word and do His will in our lives. As women, we are physically and spiritually oriented to caring for and nourishing the lives of others. That might look like caring for your own children or your ailing parent. It might be offering friendship to a co-worker, talking to that stranger at church, teaching a classroom full of children, or showing patience to a client. God created us to care for each other, to bring His love to each other. When we hear His word and do His will with His love for others in our hearts, we will find that our lives are full of His grace, just like His mother’s.

Relate to the Lord // What is one concrete way we can care for someone in our lives today? Ask for the wisdom to discern the need and provide the care that blesses them.