“Discipleship is not about sitting back with open hands and an empty lap, expecting gifts to fall from heaven.” Here’s today’s reflection from the readings at Mass
BIBLE READINGS: You can find the readings for Tuesday of Week 32 here
“Don’t ask what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country,” is,of course, a famous quote from JF Kennedy in his 1961 inaugural address. It’s an effective quote which gets us to look at our lives and relationships to others in a different way.
In the gospel reading, Jesus’ parable is rather stark and, on first hearing it, we may side with the servant rather than with the rich man who seems to approach life with a sense of entitlement. Perhaps we think the servant is entitled to a rest rather than having to wait on his master, especially one who shows such ingratitude. But, as the servant says, he’s just doing his job.
Likewise, this is how we should view our relationship to God. We know his commandments, we have decided to follow Christ, we are called to lay down our lives as he did— not for personal gain or because we feel entitled to all the benefits, but because we are his faithful and obedient servants. Discipleship is not about sitting back with open hands and an empty lap, expecting gifts to fall from heaven. But getting up and getting on, and putting God’s commands into action as his good and faithful servants.
MASS TODAY
Mass today on Tuesday 11 November is at S Mary’s Church, Butetown at 630pm. You’re welcome!
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