Reflection
from the desk of the Pastor
In
today’s Gospel, Jesus is hiring men to become His disciples and prospective
missionaries of His Word. Jesus tells them, “Come and follow me,” so that you
will be persecuted, so that you will be tried in court; so that you will be
live simply and walk humbly, so that you will have difficult life. If you are
lucky, you will be killed too and you will work for me not only eight hours a
day but twenty four hours a day.
When
we apply for a job to Jesus Christ, we do not say, “I am the best so hire me,”
but rather we say: “I am the worst. Make something good out of me.” That is why, very few of us apply for a job
with Christ as missionaries of His Word because we experience not pleasure but
pressure and could say: “We are the best” but rather we say, “We are the worst
of all.” Dear friends let us help in
bringing people to the kingdom by being known as Christians before anything else.
