PRAYER MOMENT
Tuesday
25 February 2014.
SERVANT OF ALL
Pause. Be there
as “Jesus and his disciples made their way through Galilee.”
Reading. “If
anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all.”
(Mark 9:30-37)
Reflection. It is
an attitude of mind and heart. Am I here to see what I can get out of this? I
want a position, a status, a qualification, so that I am respected and people
will call me “Dr” or chef. There is nothing wrong with being ambitious so long
as it is the ambition to serve, the ambition to kneel down and wash the feet of
people who are little in the world, disregarded and marginalised. But it is not
an attitude which is optional. It is the “only way” of establishing the kind of
society God wants. It is the only way to break down barriers and divisions and
move towards a society where everyone one’s dignity is respected and everyone
counts.
Prayer. Lord, teach
us your way – you “who came to serve and to give my life”. We have a yearning
for community and true brotherhood, true sisterhood. Have compassion on our weak
efforts and help us to follow your way. Amen.
David Harold-Barry SJ
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