From Living Faith Daily Catholic Devotions (October/November/December 2026)

28th Week in Ordinary Time

Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1, + Psalm 113:1-7 + Luke 11:29-32

One Sign Really Matters

This generation is an evil generation, it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah. Luke 11:29 

It’s fair to ask why Jesus becomes so animated about seeking signs. Referring to his contemporaries as an “evil generation” for doing so, he’s clearly pulling no punches.

Here’s how I make sense of it. Seeking a sign is a form of hedging my bets, stopping short of entrusting myself fully to Christ’s lordship over my life. What have you done for me lately., I am wont to ask, as if to be so presumptuous to put God to the test. This “show me” attitude is a disguise for my reluctance to let go and let God. This is what I am brought to see.

Most regrettably, it turns my attention away from the one sign that really matters, the love of God poured out in the Paschal Mystery.

□ Fr. Dennis Gallagher, A.A. (Visit LivingFaith.com, and feel free to join the conversations around the daily devotion.)