SATURDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Mystery of the day: Joyful
Table of the Word
1 John 5:14-21
John 3:22-30
Theme: The joy of humility.
Reflection
On this day, Saturday after the sacred feast of our Lord's Epiphany, and the solemn eve of His baptism, the liturgy of the Word revolves around the virtue of humility as exemplified by John the Baptist. He though a precursor of our Lord, humbled himself for the exaltation of our Lord as he said: "He must increase, but I must decrease." (John 3:30).This statement highlights John's willingness to surrender his own importance for the sake of Jesus.
In today's Gospel, John the Baptist is asked about his role in relation to Jesus. Instead of seeking to promote himself, John humbly acknowledges Jesus as the superior one. He equally employs the image of a best man at a wedding, who rejoices when the groom takes his bride. Similarly, John finds joy in seeing Jesus take center stage.
In our day-to-day living experience, how do we exhibit this virtue? Do we consider one another to be better than ourselves or do we allow our ego to becloud our sense of nothingness which we are?
However, what does humility look like in our own life? Also, how can we decrease our ego and ambitions so that God may increase? These and many others are questions that we ought to reflect on. It is in doing this that we will certainly live out this virtue of humility as Christ followers.
Peace be with you and + May the Lord bless His words in our hearts. Amen.
Let us pray
O God, whose eternal Word adorns the face of the heavens yet accepted from the Virgin Mary the frailty of our flesh, grant, we pray, that he who appeared among us as the splendour of truth may go forth in the fullness of power for the redemption of the world. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
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