(Jesus said
to His disciples) “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in
from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take
your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me
to eat. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You may eat and
drink when I am finished? Is he grateful to that servant because he did what
was commanded? So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been
commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were
obliged to do.’
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Reflection:
What is the
frequent failing of many who serve in the vineyard of the Lord Jesus Christ?
It’s the feeling of being above everyone and the feeling that he/she is special
because he/she is serving in the church.
Take for
example a priest who has a high sense of himself and who gives orders to those
who are at church as if they are his slaves. Sad to say but this is true: there
are ill-mannered priest. It’s not only the priest who is guilty of this kind of
failing we too are often guilty of this kind of ill-mannered behavior.
If we are
like this then how could we bring others closer to Jesus and how could they see
Jesus in us? Let us not forget that we who are followers of Jesus are His
walking advertisement in this world. If we are arrogant and ill-mannered, how can
we bring them closer to Jesus?
In our gospel
Jesus reminds us that we are all servants before Him and our fellowmen. It
doesn’t matter how high our position in the church, it doesn’t matter how
educated/rich we are. If we are true followers of Jesus we must then become the
servant of everyone.
For it’s in
serving others and in our humility that we become real and authentic followers
and servants of Jesus. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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