Daily Mass Gospel Reflection

Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus pointedly calls us to humble behavior. “Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.”

St. Catherine of Siena once heard the Lord say to her, “Remember that I AM and you are not.” And St. Paul said, “What do you possess that you have not received? But if you have received it, why are you boasting?”

To believe in God is to know these truths. To live them out is to live in the attitude of humility. Thomas Aquinas said that humility is truth. It is living out the deepest truth of things: God is God, and we are not.

Now, all of this sounds very clear when it’s stated in this abstract manner, but we know how hard it is to live out! In our fallen world, we forget so readily that we are creatures, that we have been made from nothing. Then our egos begin to inflate: “I am. I want. I expect. I demand.” The ego becomes a massive monkey on our backs, and it has to be fed and pampered constantly.

That’s why today’s Gospel is so important. We are only messengers, not greater than the Master.

1 Cor 2:1
And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

Humble does not describe our culture. Look at sports after a sack, a home run, a touchdown, or a dunk. It is all look at me. Look at women clothes, cleavage showing, short dresses. Houses are build with expansive front facades. Reality TV, talent shows, it is all having people look at me. Let me put on a show. Virtue signaling became a phrase for a reason. Even churches are effected. Worship services have become entertainment, a place to stage a show.

2 posted on 04/29/2021 7:49:01 AM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)

Couldn't agree more...look at who the "role" models are in this culture...
This culture praises what God has warned us about-- Feeding the Ego...

As noted .. The "me" generation has created the accepted ego monster- and it grows and grows...

“I am. I want. I expect. I demand.” - and I'll add.... "I deserve"

3 posted on 04/29/2021 9:01:00 AM PDT by MurphsLaw (“speak against the holy Ghost, it shall not be Forgiven him, in this world, NOR in the world to come)

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