Becoming Great in Humility and Service

09-22-2024Weekly ReflectionFr. Aruldoss

Dear People of God,

First of all, I take this opportunity to thank all who came for the last weekend Masses and said ‘goodbye’ to me. I want to take a moment personally to thank all the PCCWS and K/C Members for your incredible efforts in making the event a success. I also thank all the council members of Tri-Parishes, Lectors, Ushers, Servers, Office Assistant Connie, DRE Carrie Adams, Organist Janice and all St. Boniface Students and Teachers for your love and support.

My special thanks to the people of Tri-parishes for your love, sacrifice and hospitality. I extend my big thanks for your cards, donations and gifts. Really, I want to send a ‘thanking card’ to everybody who donated, but it is more expensive to send from India. I feel very sorry for this. Please consider this note of thanks as personal note of thanks from the bottom of my heart to all who donated money and gifts. My heart was filled with your love and support. My prayers are assured to you and do pray for me. I am very grateful to all.

The readings of 25th Sunday invite us to listen to Christ, who came down from heaven to serve humanity and to follow his example by living an orderly and peaceful life. In today’s gospel, Jesus foretells his imminent suffering, death, and resurrection. Unfortunately, instead of reflecting on what Christ was saying, his disciples were busy quarreling secretly over who was the greatest. Of course, their argument was aimed at the earthly government they imagined that Christ had come to establish. So, Jesus’ disciples were experiencing a conflict of interest. Therefore, by using a child as an example for us today, Jesus is simply teaching us that we have to become like children in order to be great. Of course, this does not mean being childish. Rather, it means being child-like. It means that we have to live our lives in humble service to God and to one another.

Finally, to be great is to be focused on something other than oneself. It means our ability to accommodate, welcome, and work in harmony with others just as children always do. It also means the readiness to accept the truth and, to reflect positively on it.

May God bless you all with all His choicest blessings! Have a great and wonderful Sunday!!

Yours in Christ.