WORD 2day: Monday, 24th week in Ordinary time
September 13, 2021: 1 Timothy 2: 1-8; Luke 7: 1-10
The Word today touches upon a crucial point for today - who is a true leader and what we need to do towards having true leaders.
Look at the sort of leaders we have today - those who threaten all those around inviting them to prove their might, those who are busy proving themselves the most powerful, those who are busy promoting their own hidden agenda come what may, those who are more worried about their purses and positions than about those whom they intend to lead, the ones who are busy making noise without really substantialising their inner potency, those who have no stand on their own but try to capitalise on others' weaknesses and necessities - are these the kind of leaders we need? Are we the kind of leader that the centurion proved to be?
If we need to have good leaders, we should first, pray for our leaders - that those who are with the responsibility entrusted to them, be guided by the Spirit of truth and not swayed by falsity and popular craze for selfish goals.
Secondly, we need to promote such leaders, instead of losing them in time and space. What a sad fact it is that whenever we need to speak of good leaders, we go to the pages of histroy and quote a few from there. We need to identify good persons, persons with capacity and compassion and promote them to be leaders, and not go by the crowd and later lament!
And finally, we need to become, ourselves the type of leaders that we wish to see. We expect certain qualities in our leaders, for instance, honesty and integrity, morality and humanity. Do we possess them and grow in them? Do we ensure our own children and youngsters in the family grow with these?
Our faith requires from us this commitment that we organise our life, personal, familial and social, worthy of the God who we serve! It is good to take stock of our daily life and practice, isn't it?
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