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To Serve - Not to Be Served
March 19, 2008 |
Do we serve? Or do we seek to be served?
Today’s Mass Communion Antiphon quotes Jesus in Matthew 20 when he declares that he “did not come to be served, but to serve.”
Jesus served us throughout his public ministry - throughout the Passion - on the Cross. He serves us still today.
But do we serve him - do we serve each other?
Think about it - wives, children, parents, friends, fellow parishoners, our co-workers, our employees, others in our community - so many people that need us to step up and serve them. So many people that Christ expects us to step up and serve. And by serving them, we serve him.
We need to always be thinking about what we can do throughout the day to serve others - to make life easier for others - to help others with their needs.
We need to become other-centered, instead of self-centered.
And by serving others, we can be the face of Christ to those we serve. We can help build the kingdom of God here on earth.
Over the next four days, we will journey through the Passion and Resurrection - God’s supreme act of divine service to man. We need to return this act of love each and every day of our lives. We do so by serving others - each and every day of our lives.
