Today, the Church celebrates the Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius, two brothers who were Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. They lived in the ninth century and are most well known for devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic.
Their missionary spirit is also echoed in today's gospel passage. Jesus went to the district of Tyre and there he met a Syrophoenician woman who was concerned for her daughter's health. Thanks to the woman's sound arguments, Jesus granted her wish and healed her daughter. This gesture of inclusion shows us that the good news of the Gospel is meant for everyone.
Perhaps today we can ask ourselves whether or not we have a missionary spirit. Are we able to look beyond the barriers that sometimes divide us from our brothers and sisters? Only in this way can we truly enact the good news of the gospel.
Have a great day.
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