Monday, 24 February 2014

SERVANT OF ALL

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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