Today, we hear the famous
saying: Many who were first will be
last, and many who were last will be first.
There was a lovely lady at St Richard who used to drive all of the way
from the Carthage area to attend the mass at St Richard in Jackson every Sunday
morning at 8:00 am. She used to sit in
the very last row in the church, and would be there at least a half an hour
before mass to pray and to prepare. She
quoted this “last will be first” saying from the Bible to back up why she liked
to sit at the back of the church.
We live in a society today where
everyone wants to be number one in the world.
The college I went to gives out way more “A’s” now as grades in classes
than when I attended school there. Everyone
wants to be the best, and wants the best in life. There is nothing wrong in wanting to be the
best, but not everyone can be number 1.
Jesus tells us that we need to make sacrifices, and that those
sacrifices will be noticed by the Lord.
May we not be afraid to make sacrifices for our faith, may we put our
faith in the ways of the Lord and not in the accolades of the world. It goes against out desire to be number 1,
but it will help us to gain grace and wisdom.
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