ALL POURED OUT - One Bread, One Body, 10/26/2025

Sunday, October 26, 2025, 30th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
Psalm 34:2-3, 17-19, 23
Luke 18:9-14
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ALL POURED OUT
"I for my part am already being poured out like a libation." —2 Timothy 4:6

St. Paul, near the end of his life, said that he was “being poured out like a libation” (2 Tm 4:6). A libation is the act of pouring a liquid offering onto the ground, usually in a religious ceremony. The act of libation seems like a waste of good oil or wine (see Gn 35:14; Lv 23:13). Similarly, to those without faith, it seems a misuse of talent to spend one’s life serving the Lord. But to those with faith, this is not a waste but a libation, a life poured out in service to God.

This is how God relates to us. He pours out the Holy Spirit on us (Rm 5:5), whether or not we bother to receive it. He pours out the rain on the just and the unjust (Mt 5:45). The crucified Jesus did not hold back any drops of His blood.

In God’s service, we humbly empty ourselves (Phil 2:7). We are called to pour it all out, to empty ourselves, like a libation (see Phil 2:17). There’s nothing left in the chalice once the libation is poured out.

Imitate Jesus. Pour yourself out. Offer yourself fully to Him. Hold nothing back. Be poured out like a libation to the Lord (2 Tm 4:6).

Prayer: Father, I pour out my life for You. I trust You to fill me up again.

Promise: "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit He saves." —Ps 34:19

Praise: Praise You, risen Jesus, Divine Logos, for watering the earth with Your all-powerful Word (Is 55:10-11).

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