PATHWAYS OF HOPE: “THE POWER OF HUMILITY”

THURSDAY, February 12, 2026Thursday of the 5th week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Saturninus and companions, martyrsPATHWAYS OF HOPE: “THE POWER OF HUMILITY”[GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: MARK 7:24-30Jesus went to the district of Tyre.He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it,but he could not escape notice.Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him.She came and fell at his feet.The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth,and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.He said to her, “Let the children be fed first.For it is not right to take the food of the childrenand throw it to the dogs.”She replied and said to him,“Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.”Then he said to her, “For saying this, you may go.The demon has gone out of your daughter.”When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bedand the demon gone.Reflection by Paulo de Alba : Training Manager-Alba Restaurante Espańol. Pastoral Leader South University District-Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon. #POHopgiver #LandasngPagasa #catholic #biblereadings #jesus #catholicchurch #christian #church #faith #god #jesuschrist #love #pray #bible #christianity #prayer #hope #gospel