Those qualified to be spiritually helpful to others are they who have been helped by God and are willing to share what they have learned. When this occurs, Jesus tells us in the gospel passage, the help we offer should not be regarded as coming from ourselves, but from God – the true teacher, the true source. Otherwise we would be like the blind leading the blind!
In the first reading St. Paul says of his preaching that he has been entrusted with a stewardship – what he gives is not his own, it is from God who is the message, and who empowers its delivery! He likens the ordeals and experiences that he has in delivering the message to all sorts of people like running a race in a stadium. He knows that he himself, in order to be a fully trained spiritual athlete, needs to stay focused on the finish line: life on high in Christ Jesus! He does and his message goes forth – and it still goes forth to this day – which is the message of Jesus himself: LOVE ONE ANOTHER!
Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in that truth today! And let us take the experience of our life in you and let it be the basis of helping all others that you place in our path! Let it be the basis of our loving one another!
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