LIVE IT TODAY: Monday, October 27, 2025
You are not defined by what has bound you. I see you, I call you, and My touch restores what shame has bent. Stand tall in My freedom.
LIVE IT TODAY: Monday, October 27, 2025
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GOD’S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
You are not defined by what has bound you. I see you, I call you, and My touch restores what shame has bent. Stand tall in My freedom.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Luke 13:10-17
Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath.
And a woman was there who for eighteen years
had been crippled by a spirit;
she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect.
When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said,
“Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.”
He laid his hands on her,
and she at once stood up straight and glorified God.
But the leader of the synagogue,
indignant that Jesus had cured on the sabbath,
said to the crowd in reply,
“There are six days when work should be done.
Come on those days to be cured, not on the sabbath day.”
The Lord said to him in reply, “Hypocrites!
Does not each one of you on the sabbath
untie his ox or his ass from the manger
and lead it out for watering?
This daughter of Abraham,
whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now,
ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day
from this bondage?”
When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated;
and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid deeds done by him.
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
True rest begins when love breaks what law has bound.
For eighteen years this woman lived bent beneath a weight invisible to everyone but Christ. Luke, a physician, notes not just her condition but its cause—a “spirit of infirmity.” The Greek word for infirmity (astheneia) means more than illness; it means “weakness, lack of strength.” She is not simply physically bent—her whole being has been pressed down by oppression. Yet in one sentence, Jesus restores what eighteen years of shame had disfigured: “Woman, you are set free.”
The ruler of the synagogue cannot rejoice. He clings to a law without love, a rhythm without rest. Jesus’ rebuke pierces deeper: the Sabbath is not about rulekeeping—it’s about restoration. The God who rested on the seventh day now works to make us whole again. The true scandal is not that Jesus heals on the Sabbath, but that those who claim to honor God cannot recognize His mercy when it stands before them.
How many of us live like this woman—bent under burdens we’ve carried so long we think they’re normal? The weight of comparison, of hidden sin, of unspoken grief? The Enemy whispers that freedom is for others, that your story is fixed. But when Jesus calls, everything changes. He not only straightens our spine; He restores our song.
In our homes, this healing begins with how we see one another. Parents, when you look at your spouse or child, see not what’s broken but what’s beloved. Speak freedom into the places where shame still bends. Tonight, pray over each person by name, asking Jesus to lay His healing hand upon every hidden wound and raise each heart to stand tall in His love.
“The Sabbath is for the Lord, holy and restful, but also a day of mercy—a day to do good.” (CCC 2173)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Bound or Free: What “spirit of infirmity” still keeps you bent—fear, guilt, comparison, resentment?
The Sabbath of Mercy: How can you make Sunday a day not just of rest, but of healing and reconciliation in your home?
Standing Straight: What would it look like to walk this week as someone truly set free by Christ?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather together and, going around, name one “burden” you want Jesus to lift. It might be worry, unforgiveness, or discouragement. After sharing, talk about how God can bring freedom through prayer and love in your family.
Then pray over one another by name: Lord Jesus, You see [Name] and the burdens they carry. Place Your healing hands upon them. Set [Name] free from every chain that keeps them bent, and help them stand tall in Your mercy and joy.
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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