We are obliged in faith to help those less fortunate

Wed., Mar. 2, 2011
Fr. Anthony Brankin
Gospel: Mark 10:32-45 The greatest among you must be your servant

Sumary: In today”s Gospel, Jesus predicts his passion and death, and yet his disciples can only think of self-aggrandizement, of how much authority they will have in Christ”s kingdom. Politicians today take high offices and gain access to positions of great power and wealth. They lord it over others. But Jesus said that “you are not to be like them.”

Politicians think in human terms — more money, more power. Jesus said that we must be servants. We are to be good, charitable. Our Lord said that we have an obligation in faith to serve those poorer than us, those not as educated, not as brilliant. We are to be kind to those who have less. Jesus wants us to be servants to one another.

The twin apostolates of prayer and the education of young women are pursued by the Visitation Sisters of Georgetown. Are you searching for God’s calling? Consider a life with the Washington, DC.