The Reign Mode
Second Week in Lent: Wednesday, 4th Mar, 2015
Jer 18: 18-20; Mt 20: 17-28
The readings today present to us the stark contrast between the Jesus' way of thinking and the Worldly terms of thinking. Jesus' way of thinking is Reign mode of thinking; thinking of the primacy of God, thinking of the framework of love, thinking of the criterion of service, thinking of the fullness of life of all! The Worldly mode of thinking is thinking of one's gains at all cost, thinking of one's comfort mindless about the struggles of others, thinking of scaling the ladder and not serving my brothers and sisters, thinking of every one and every situation as an opportunity for my own gains!
Each of us can judge for ourselves, in which mode we live our life today. Or some times the modes may be off and on, that is occasionally we may have the two of them alternating between themselves; but what is the predominant mode and when are we going to clearly switch to the Reign Mode? St. Paul instructs in his letter to the Philippians: 'Put on the mind of Christ' (2:5).
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