Homily for Monday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time

In today's Gospel, we hear about a synagogue official, indignant that Jesus healed a woman on the Sabbath, who insists that work should not take place on the Sabbath. However, Jesus declares that God's work can happen on any day of the week. He was doing God's work by healing the woman from her afflictions; He unraveled her bonds and set her free.

For Jesus, this life-giving work is always appropriate; there is never a time when it should not be done. He invites all of us to participate in His mission of freeing people from whatever holds them back. We are called to be friends to others, to show kindness, to forgive as God has forgiven us, and to love as Christ has loved us. By doing so, we engage in the Lord's life-giving and redemptive work—not for our own glory, but so that through our actions, others may glorify God.