Monday 20 February 2012

Day 17 - First in His Heart

21 February 2012, Tuesday

Gospel: Mk 9:30-37
The Greatest in the Kingdom

Jesus and his disciples made their way through Galilee; and he did not want anyone to know, because he was instructing his disciples; he was telling them, ‘The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men; they will put him to death; and three days after he has been put to death he will rise again’. But they did not understand what he said and were afraid to ask him.

They came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, ‘What were you arguing about on the road?’ They said nothing because they had been arguing which of them was the greatest. So he sat down, called the Twelve to him and said, ‘If anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all’. He then took a little child, set him in front of them, put his arms round him, and said to them, ‘Anyone who welcomes one of these little children in my name, welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me’.

Reflection

By reflecting more frequently and deeply on the presence of God in our lives, we will gradually become more conscious of His unexplainable love for us, which we know in all humility we do not deserve. This experience of God’s love is the grace that implants in us the desire to love Him in return by loving and serving His people, putting them before ourselves and following His values in this present world so as to be first in His heart.

Keep asking Jesus for the grace to become increasingly aware of how much He loves you.

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