Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a
journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was
teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over
to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man
will rise.” But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to
question him.
They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house,
he began to ask them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they
remained silent. They had been discussing among themselves on the way who was
the greatest. Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone
wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all. Taking
a child, he placed it in the their midst and putting his arms around it, he
said to them “Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me
and whoever receives me receives not me but the One who sent me.
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Reflection:
What is the most important virtue of a follower of
Jesus? It’s the virtue of humility. A humble follower of Jesus seeks to follow
Him for no other reason but to humbly serve without seeking anything in return.
He doesn’t follow Jesus because he/she wants to be known, powerful and popular.
While Jesus and His disciples were passing through
Galilee, He was discussing to them about the things that will happen to Him
soon. But the disciples were not paying attention for the reason that they were
preoccupied discussing who among them was the greatest. What an ego trip for
the disciples! Instead of listening to Jesus they were burnishing among
themselves their own self-image. They were discussing who among them was the
greatest.
During that instance the desire to humbly follow
Jesus was not anymore present in their hearts. What was present in their hearts
was arrogance, the desire to selfishly prop-up their own self-image. And the
desire to be great based on the finite standards of this world.
If we truly desire to follow Jesus, we have to
follow Him with humility. We have to forget our own selves; we have to discard
any form of arrogance in our hearts and the desire to be in-front. We have to
be humble and simple at all times for this is the only way whereby we can bring
others to Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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