The Greatest Sign You Need

Reflection Date: October 12, 2026 | Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Readings: Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31–5:1; Luke 11:29-32

Children of God:
The Queen of Sheba became famous because she traveled a great distance to meet King Solomon and discover the wisdom she heard about him. 

She came from a distant land because reports about Solomon’s wisdom reached her kingdom and stirred her curiosity. She did not simply accept what people told her, because she wanted to see and hear Solomon for herself. 

The journey required time, effort, resources, and determination. When she finally met Solomon, she asked him difficult questions and listened carefully to his answers. She saw the wisdom of Solomon, the organization of his kingdom, the people around him, and the way he conducted himself. 

What she heard convinced her that the reports about his wisdom were true. 

Her journey showed that genuine curiosity can push a person beyond comfort and familiarity. She traveled because she wanted to discover whether what she heard was genuine. 

Centuries later, Jesus referred to her as the Queen of the South who “came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon” (Luke 11:31).

In the gospel of Luke, some people gathered around Jesus and asked for a sign. Jesus responded by referring to the people of Nineveh who repented when Jonah preached to them, and to the Queen of the South who traveled far to hear Solomon’s wisdom. 

Jesus pointed to these people because they responded to what they received. They did not possess everything that the people around Jesus possessed, yet they recognized the importance of what was placed before them. 

The people listening to Jesus, however, continued looking for another sign. 

Jesus told them that something greater than Jonah and something greater than Solomon was already present. His message challenged their habit of demanding additional proof before responding. 

The issue was therefore deeper than curiosity. It was about whether people were willing to recognize the truth when it was already standing before them.

What are our inspirations for today?

First, genuine seeking requires the courage to look beyond what is already familiar.

The Queen of the South traveled a great distance because she wanted to discover the truth for herself. Her journey showed that curiosity can become a path toward wisdom when a person is willing to listen, ask questions, and encounter something unfamiliar.

We live in a world filled with information, opinions, videos, commentaries, and instant answers. We can easily remain inside our own circle and listen only to voices that confirm what we already believe. Genuine seeking requires openness to encounter something that challenges our assumptions.

Jesus invites us to examine the way we search for truth. Do we really want to discover what is true, or do we simply want evidence that supports what we have already decided? 

A sincere search remains willing to listen, learn, reconsider, and grow.

Genuine seeking requires the courage to look beyond what is already familiar.

Second, sometimes we keep asking for signs because we have already ignored the signs we received.

The people around Jesus asked for a sign, but Jesus pointed to the response of Nineveh and the Queen of the South. He said, “There is something greater than Jonah here” (Luke 11:32). He also said, “There is something greater than Solomon here” (Luke 11:31). Jesus presented himself as greater than the signs and messengers they continued asking for.

This can happen in our own lives. We sometimes ask God for another sign, another confirmation, another opportunity, or another unmistakable answer. 

Yet we may already have enough guidance through Scripture, conscience, people who care for us, experiences that teach us, and opportunities to do what is right.

Faith requires attention to the truth already placed before us and the courage to respond when that truth calls for a decision.

Sometimes we keep asking for signs because we have already ignored the signs we received.

As we reflect, we ask ourselves: Am I genuinely seeking the truth, or am I simply looking for answers that agree with what I already believe? 

What signs, lessons, or invitations are already present in my life that I may be overlooking? How am I responding to the truth that God is already placing before me?

Children of God:
Life gives us many opportunities to search, question, listen, and discover what is true. 

We do not need to demand endless signs before taking seriously the truth that is already placed before us. 

Jesus invites us to open our eyes, listen with humility, and recognize the wisdom that comes into our lives. 

May our search for truth lead us toward deeper faith and wiser choices. 

May we have the courage to respond when the truth becomes clear to us.