WORD 2day: Tuesday, 24th week in Ordinary time
September 19, 2023 - 1 Timothy 3:1-13; Luke 7:11-17
The Word today continues from yesterday to offer us a special instruction on being Christian Leaders or Leaders after the mind of Christ. It is not enough for us to be People of God, that is women and men of God, some we are called to grow and be more!
Being women and men of God is one thing, which all of us baptised are called to be. Some are more intensely called to be women and men in God, that is people who are so soaked in God that they act like God, think like God and represent God to the others. It is a call within a call - you got to be attentive if you have that call. These are the true leaders.
There are three important qualities pointed out and elaborated in detail, in the readings today. These can form a set of criteria, a touchstone for such true Christian leaders: Personal Integrity - reducing the gap between my private self and my public self; Selfless Service - reducing the gap between me and the other; and Limitless Mercy - reducing the gap between my nature and the nature of God, that is, becoming more and more like God. This is the crux of becoming men and women in God.