TO BE A SERVANT

PRAYER PAUSE 

Saturday 20 August 2016, St Bernard  

TO BE A SERVANT

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “The greatest among you must be your servant.” (Matthew 23:1-12)

Reflection. Religion had become corrupted by the time of Jesus. Many of its leaders had become a self-serving closed elite. This can happen among any group that loses sight of its purpose. Jesus did not challenge the law and the temple in themselves but in the way they were used. The bible and the Christian faith today can also be used as tools for self-promotion and money making. The test of true religion is service. And we are seeing it today. The only “status” that really counts with our contemporaries is the example of service, a self-giving even to the point of giving one’s life.  

Prayer. Lord, may we learn the way of true service of our brothers and sisters.   Amen