7 October 2026
Wednesday XXVII (Gal 2:1-2, 7-14)
Paul's preaching encounters difficulties; not everyone accepts it because they see contradictions in it. He feels obliged to defend himself: "In a private meeting with those recognized as leaders, I presented to them the Gospel that I preach among the Gentiles, to make sure that everything I had done, and was still doing, was not in vain." This entailed an approach to things that some at times accepted, while at other times they were ashamed of it and acted hypocritically. Paul is not accepted publicly: are we currently experiencing this same lack of acceptance in certain aspects of faith? What makes it most blameworthy?

Lord, may I not turn what should be flexible into something rigid, nor make what is essential into something relative.