Haven’t we all heard the saying ,”You are what you eat!” And so we also know that there is truth in that saying, especially when we over indulge and let ourselves go, we see the consequences on our faces and body! If we realise that the saying holds truth, then we should take care to watch what we eat and eat in moderation.
What if we apply this truth to the reception of Holy Eucharist? Having partaken of the Body, Blood, soul and divinity of Christ Jesus our Lord should we not be more like Him? How then should we behave? Should we not emulate Him in our words and actions? Both inside and outside of Church and into the world! Are we then not better versions of ourselves through Him? Are we not gentler, patient and kind especially to our loved ones at home towards everyone. So that His light might through us and capture the hearts of those we minister to in His name.
Just as our Lord came to serve and to be served, how are we serving our brethren? With joy in our hearts or disdain? With grumbling or praising the Lord our God in all we say and do?
Use me Lord as an instrument of Your grace, may I bring Your hope, peace and love to all You send my way. Let me be a pathway to Your eternal glory. Amen
Saint Josaphat, Bishop, pray for us…
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First reading
Titus 2:1-8,11-14 ·
You must preach the behaviour which goes with healthy doctrine
It is for you to preach the behaviour which goes with healthy doctrine. The older men should be reserved, dignified, moderate, sound in faith and love and constancy. Similarly, the older women should behave as though they were religious, with no scandal-mongering and no habitual wine-drinking – they are to be the teachers of the right behaviour and show the younger women how they should love their husbands and love their children, how they are to be sensible and chaste, and how to work in their homes, and be gentle, and do as their husbands tell them, so that the message of God is never disgraced. In the same way, you have got to persuade the younger men to be moderate and in everything you do make yourself an example to them of working for good: when you are teaching, be an example to them in your sincerity and earnestness and in keeping all that you say so wholesome that nobody can make objections to it; and then any opponent will be at a loss, with no accusation to make against us. You see, God’s grace has been revealed, and it has made salvation possible for the whole human race and taught us that what we have to do is to give up everything that does not lead to God, and all our worldly ambitions; we must be self-restrained and live good and religious lives here in this present world, while we are waiting in hope for the blessing which will come with the Appearing of the glory of our great God and saviour Christ Jesus. He sacrificed himself for us in order to set us free from all wickedness and to purify a people so that it could be his very own and would have no ambition except to do good.
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Gospel
Luke 17:7-10
You are merely servants
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, “Come and have your meal immediately”? Would he not be more likely to say, “Get my supper laid; make yourself tidy and wait on me while I eat and drink. You can eat and drink yourself afterwards”? Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told? So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.”’
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