HUMILITY
(Luke 18:9-14)
The Gospel reading of today tells
us the story of two persons who went into the temple to pray. One prayed to
himself, the other prayed to God in humility asking for divine mercy.
Jesus wants us to develop the
attitude of coming to God with humility and opening ourselves in sincerity to
Him. Humility helps us to tell ourselves the truth about ourselves. Humility
enables us to look up to God for mercy. Humility helps us to come to God with
reverential fear. Humility helps us to strike our hearts and say, "I am
sorry Lord". Humility opens our eyes to our faults making us not to
canonize ourselves, not to make ourselves saints but to acknowledge the fact
that we are sinners.
Let us make our encounter and
meeting with the Lord a fruitful one. Let us make our prayers answered ones.
Let us make our Lenten observance like that of the man whose prayer was
answered. Let us remove every Pharisaic tendency in us making us to claim we
are better than we are. Let us rely on God to declare us free, let us call on
God to exalt us. Christ blesses those who practice humility in the beatitudes
that they will inherit the earth. May you inherit the blessings you pray for in
humility from here.
May we not go away after this
season worse than we were before. May we be sanctified by the prayers and
penance of this Holy season so as to rejoice in the glorified Lord whose blood
sets us free. May we not lean on our merit or achievements but on the grace of
God who brings down the proud and raises the lowly.
LET US PRAY
In humility and fear we come
before you this day pouring out our unworthiness and sinfulness. We are
helpless O Lord without You. Come to our aid. Come and bless us, come and heal
us. We do not deserve any favour from You because of our weakness. Oh God, we
rely on your strength to make us strong in the face of the many challenges
staring at us. Help us not to stop depending on You all the days of our life
through Christ our Lord. Amen
God bless Your Saturday (3rd Week
of Lent)
Rev Fr Julian Ekeh
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