TUESDAY 21st FEBRUARY 2023
Mark 9, 30-37:
“Whoever wants to be first, let them be last of all and servant of all.”
The thoughts of Jesus and the thoughts of his disciples are two parallel paths.
The thoughts of Jesus and our own thoughts can also be parallel:
+ Jesus speaks of self-giving to the end, of service, of humility, of death and life in its fullness.
+ The disciples, and we too, think of positions of honour, of power, of who will be the most important.
Jesus makes it clear to them and to us: “whoever wants to be first, let them be last of all and servant of all”.
May your heart be like that of a child who receives this teaching of Jesus with the welcome and simplicity that only a child can do.
Put yourself in the “queue” and also put on the “apron” and try to be the least in order to be the servant of all.
In this way you will be the first in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Good day to you.
Antonio Sanjuan Cmf
