WORD 2day: Tuesday, 7th week in Ordinary time
February 21, 2023: Sirach 2:1-11; Mark 9: 30-37'Grow Up!' - people say, when they are upset with someone's attitudes found wanting, when someone behaves 'childish' and immature, as it is said. Grow up, yes... but, grow up to what, grow up to be what? Growing up would always means to go towards some state advanced or ahead...but here we have another perspective to reflect on.
The Word today invites us, to grow up... to grow up to be children. Cling on, trust, hold on, wait on the Lord... in short, grow up to be true children, true children of God! Is this rightly, 'growing up' - how do we understand?
Who can wait on the mercies of the elders but a child, for when we consider ourselves grown up we crave to be independent. Who can cling on to someone else and keep trusting in their goodness, hoping to be led in the right path? Who can abandon their cares into the hands of someone else and remain light and care-free, but a child! Who but a child can look up to others and understand that he or she is the least of all who are around and helpless of the lot?
Jesus invites us - grow up to be a child... let go of your ego, learn to depend on the goodness of the Lord, allow God to take hold of your hands and you will find the true peace, the peace of a child. And so, grow up constantly, to be a true child!