Daily Reflections

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites."

To love comes before to serve. Love is the foundation of selfless service. If we love, we will be drawn to serve others. If we are rooted in God's love, so too will we be rooted in service.  

"For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

"Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

“Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice.

There is no law so demanding as the law of love.

Here I am Lord; I come to do your will.  -Psalm 40:8-9

Are you envious because I am generous?
What is it about this parable that gets our attention?

So a lesson for us today may well be that if we set out to make our lives a ‘continual service’ to those we love and to those who need us, then although it is not our goal or aim, we will receive back in return.

This is when Jesus responds: go and sell what you have; give to the poor; follow me. The young man went away sad because he had many possessions.