Jesus Calls Us to be a Servant of All

Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Mt 20:17-28 “The Request of James and John
March 20, 2019 | Wednesday

Today’s Gospel

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem,
he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves,
and said to them on the way,
“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem,
and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests
and the scribes,
and they will condemn him to death,
and hand him over to the Gentiles
to be mocked and scourged and crucified,
and he will be raised on the third day.”

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons
and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
He said to her, “What do you wish?”
She answered him,
“Command that these two sons of mine sit,
one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.”
Jesus said in reply,
“You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”
They said to him, “We can.”
He replied,
“My chalice you will indeed drink,
but to sit at my right and at my left,
this is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
When the ten heard this,
they became indignant at the two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them and said,
“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Today’s Reflection

Jesus calls us to be a servant of all. In this world, we could observe that every person want something good for themselves and to become great is necessary to uplift their life. But how should we obtain the greatness? Is it on sharpening our abilities and climb up to the ladder of hierarchy or through helping the poor ones with self-serving interest? For Jesus, none of this is the true way of obtaining greatness but by giving oneself without any cost even to lay down one’s life for others. It is indeed an act of love that truly makes us great in the eyes of the Lord for we cannot do anything remarkable if it is not coming from the love that we obtain deep in our hearts. Thus, it is this love that is coming from the source of all, Jesus Christ who truly served and will always serve the humanity.

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