Friday 22 August 2014

Tuesday of Week 31 Year 2

In this world, people often look for recognition, riches, fame, titles, and popularity. There are people who would go through great effort to become a somebody and avoid ending up as a nobody. We see how some people may even resort to underhanded tactics to get what they one. The self becomes more important and sometimes others are used, abused and discarded to achieve one's own purpose. The question is: how long can we dance in this charade? How long would such popularity and fame last? All of us will grow old and leave this world one day. What would become of us then?

In today's reading, St. Paul tells us about Jesus: "His state was divine, yet he did not cling to his equality with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave, and became as men are; and being as all men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross." Even though Jesus was God, he chose humility and to serve others, even to the extend of being put to death. Despite of Him being omnipotent (all powerful) and omniscience (all knowing), He did not use and abuse His divinity, rather He chose to become one of us to save us. Would we be humble and willing to learn from our Servant King, and grow to be more like Him?

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