LOVE-LENT 2017 - THE WORD IN LENT #12

To love is to serve; as the Lord serves

Tuesday, Second week in Lent - 14th March, 2017

Is 1:10,16-20; Mt 23:1-12

The anawim of Yahweh is a concept very close to the hearts of the prophets - Isaiah refers to this category of people who draw the special attention of the Lord readily. All over the Old Testament, this fact is seen that God sides with the oppressed, the needy and the suffering. God chose to serve the needs of the poor and the helpless. 

Jesus when he lived among us, was himself as epitome of this choice of God... He moved with the outcast, the lonely, the poor, the oppressed and the so called sinners. He not only served the least and taught us to serve but made serving the little ones the key criterion to inherit the Kingdom of God.

We are challenged today to serve, to serve like God does.... those who are helpless in dire need. In serving them shall we become true sons  and daughters of God!