Live the Word from within
Tuesday, 19th week in Ordinary Time
Ezek 2:8 - 3:4; Mt 18: 1-5, 10-14
The first reading today has a beautiful symbolism...the Lord tells the prophet to eat the scroll and then to go and speak to the people the Word of God. The idea is clear - there is not use in knowing what the Lord says, or saying what the Lord says - what matters is living what the Lord says. That we will be able to do only if the word resides within us - thus the call to EAT the scroll containing the Word.
The disciples, we see today in the Gospel, heard the word from Jesus, spoke about it, but they never personalised it. They were unaffected by the Word and that is why they were worried about who will be the greatest among them. The Lord challenges them to listen to the word, eat the word and live the word from within! Are we prepared, because the Lord calls us too!
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