WORD 2day: Tuesday, 7th week in Ordinary time
February 25, 2025 - Sirach 2:1-11; Mark 9: 30-37
'Grow Up!' people say, when they are upset with some people's attitudes found wanting, when people behave 'childish' and immature, as it is said. Grow up, yes... but, grow up to what? The Word today invites us, to grow up to be children. That may sound a bit contradictory, or at least confusing to say - to grow to be children.
Cling on, trust, hold on, wait on the Lord... in short, this is what we mean by learning to be true children, true children of God. It is a quality to grow in, to become children of God, true children of God, persons with a relationship like a child with its parent.
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 that they will be led in the right path, 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?