WORD 2day: 3rd November, 2014 The logic of the Reign! Phil 2: 1-4; Lk 14: 12-14 There is a principle that I am fond of repeating often: it is important what we do, but it is more important why we do what we do! A person who was coming to me for a little spiritual help was once dejected saying, no matter how much efforts I make, so and so is not happy, the other one has only criticism...no one is satisfied with me! I know my behaviour is not right; but I am not able to change! All that I said was, why do you want to change; why do you want to alter your behaviour? To please so and so? To receive an affirmation from someone? To impress some one? If it is so, you are bound to fail Do nothing to prove yourself! We have nothing to prove to anyone! Anything we do, without a personal conviction and a purposeful decision, loses its value however well it is done. Listened to from this point of view, the readings today offer us a clear picture of why we are unhappy at times or why it makes so little sense after having moved a mountain. If our ego, our selfish motivations and our childish calculations dominate, however big an action, it would matter nothing. Instead, even if what I do is something absolutely ordinary, when it is done out of genuine love, selfless concern and mercy, it becomes so remarkable in the eyes of the Lord. Jesus makes his point doubtlessly clear today: the logic of the Reign is completely different and it takes a different mindset to understand it.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:36:03 +0000
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