Friday February 6, 2026 - Good News Ministries

Good News Reflections:
Making scripture meaningful to your daily life
by Terry Modica

Your loving gestures to others can make a difference that can affect their eternal souls.

Good News Reflection for:

Friday of the 4th Week of Ordinary Time
Memorial of Saint Paul Miki, Priest and Martyr, and his Companions, Martyrs
February 6, 2026

Today’s Prayer:

To follow Your ways, Lord, means giving up everything for You. It means leaving behind what dies in this life. It means walking towards the eternal abundance You provided on the cross for me. Give me the strength I need to say “yes”, even though it is sometimes difficult. Amen.

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Today’s Readings:

Sirach 47:2-11
Psalm 18:31, 47, 50, 51
Mark 6:14-29
bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020626.cfm
USCCB Podcast of the Readings:
bible.usccb.org/podcasts/audio/daily-mass-reading-podcast-february-6-2026

Making a difference

What kind of reputation do you have? Have you ever felt a need to defend it? If your Christian lifestyle is so obvious that your example challenges others to change, those who don’t want to change are trying to “cut you down to size”, belittling you in order to stop feeling the challenge.

Such was Herod’s reason for cutting off the head of John the Baptist in today’s Gospel reading. What an honor to be ranked with the likes of him: condemned because of our holiness!

In today’s first reading, we hear a posthumous acclamation of King David’s reputation. What will people say about you when you’re dead? At your funeral, will they share stories about the difference you made in this world? How many people will show up, not because they’re relatives who have to be there, but because you touched them with the love of Jesus?

Regardless of what you’ve done wrong, regardless of how you’ve failed, regardless of what you regret, if you’ve grown from it and if others have met Jesus when they encountered you, your faith and love is what they will remember.

How many other souls will know Jesus better because of the impact you’ve made? There’s no way of knowing this until after you die. I’m looking forward to the party that Jesus will throw at the great banquet for my Homecoming; I’m going to say: “Okay, who of you are here because of something I’ve done? Stand in line and introduce yourselves to me. I want to meet you!” What a fun reunion that will be!

Any loving gesture that we give to others is the touch of Jesus. Daily, we have many encounters that can potentially change lives. Don’t be discouraged by the invisibility of some of these changes. Don’t be mistaken by a lack of evidence. Never assume that some of your loving gestures are too small to make a difference. Even a smile can give Jesus to others. A kind word to someone who’s frustrated, a helping hand to someone who’s tired, and a pat on the back of someone who’s feeling low — these can make a difference that could affect their eternal souls.

Pray this with me: To follow Your ways, Lord, means giving up everything for You. It means leaving behind what dies in this life. It means walking towards the eternal abundance You provided on the cross for me. Give me the strength I need to say “yes”, even though it is sometimes difficult. Amen.

See you at the party in heaven!

For more help on this topic, see our WordByte called: “Sawing Wood on a Hot Day Isn’t so Bad After All” @ https://wordbytes.org/franciscan-moments/sawing-wood/.

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