--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 10/10/10 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 10/10/10 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2010/10/10/daily-readings-reflection-for-101010#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 10/10/10 Oct 10, 2010 9:00:51 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) **Reflection on Today’s Daily Readings by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM ** [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/) Scripture: Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Lectionary 145. II Kings 5:14-17. Psalm 98:1,2-3,3-4. II Timothry 2:8-13. Luke 17:14-17. Today a Marian Congregation, The Society of Mary (Marianists) have summoned its members to gather to pray. It is called a World Day of Prayer for the Society which extends all over the globe with its lay and religious members and all of its branches of committed people. This fits in with the fact that all are called to be missionaries bring the Good News to all peoples. That happens to be the major theme of today's readings or we may call it the universal call to holiness through the salvation offered to us by God. No one is excluded as we discover through the liturgy of the word. Naaman, a Syrian or Aramean listens to the Israelite servant who tells his queen and master that Naaman can be cured of his leprosy if he just goes to the prophet Elisha. He finally does and is encouraged to bathe in the lowly waters of the Jordan. After complaining he gives in and voila! he is totally healed and has skin as pure and soft as that of a newborn. We pick up on the meaning of this narrative with Psalm 98 which is dedicated to calling all nations to salvation through the power of God the Creator and Redeemer. This is an easy psalm to pray and fits in with the needs of our world today. It fits in with a World Day of Prayer. II Timothy though not written by Paul is of his tradition and it brings home the fact that Jesus' sufferings, death, and resurrection are the way to salvation. Paul's writer has captured the message that is found throughout the epistles of Paul both the authentic ones and those written in his name (pseudonymity). It is a message of God's unconditional love that has great effect in those who believe and are saved throught the word of God. Again the Paschal Mysteries are part of the theology and message of this short excerpt in II Timothy. The Gospel shows us how we are to imitate the lone leper who returns to Jesus to thank him not only for his cure but also for his inner healing. Again, salvation is offered to a leper who is considered by Jesus' people as a semi-pagan and at most a heretic. Yet, he is the only one of the ten who offers thanks to the Lord. God's love reaches us to those whom we may tend to marginalize, mock, or to ignore. We sooner would walk on the other side of the street to avoid them. Jesus' early parable about the "Good Samaritan" shows us where the true and integrated believer is. He risks his own life by saving the wounded man and even paying for his lodging. Did we ever do this for one of God's people? We still have the chance to change and to be open to the message of thanksgiving for the mighty works of God. Many of them are only seen working silently in the hearts of those being saved. God is gentle in the call to universal salvation. May we join in the prayer of the Marianists on this Word Day of Prayer. 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