> At the garden of Gethsemane, before being led to His passion and sufferings, Jesus prayed (Lk 22:41) > At the request of His disciples, Jesus teaches them the ideal and the model prayer (Lk 11:1) > At the time of the Transfiguration on the mountain, Jesus was praying (Lk 9:28) > At the choosing of the Twelve, Jesus spends the night in prayer (Lk 6:12) > At the time after a ministry of healing, Jesus goes to pray (Lk 5:16) > At the time of His Baptism, Jesus prays (Lk 3:21) He highlights the aspect of Jesus spending time in prayer…. The Gospel of Luke is also known as the Gospel of Prayer.

… beginning with “Jesus praying in solitude…”(Lk 9:18) The Gospel of the Day presents before us with St Luke’s version of the familiar passage, of Jesus asking His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” and “Who do you say that I am?”… This “looking to the Lord” and “following the Lord” finds its practical expression… … of how, we need to always ‘follow the Lord’, the Sun of our existence! … of how, we need to constantly ‘look to the Lord’, the Sun of our Life! The sunflower is a beautiful symbol of our spiritual journey… … if any glimpse of the sun appears, the sunflower finds and follows it! … from its rising in the east to its setting in the west! They turn to the sun, following it all day… (Technically, it is called “heliotropism” i.e. The Sunflowers literally ‘follows the sun’! One of the beautiful lessons we learn from nature is from one of the most amazing flowers – The Sunflower! (Based on Hag 1:15b-2:9 and Lk 9:18-22 – Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time) “Turning towards the Lord, like the sunflower that follows every movement of the sun, and walking with joy, and radiating his Love!” ✝️ REFLECTION CAPSULE FOR THE DAY – Sep 24, 2021: Friday

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