The Gospel According to Mark
– 2018.07.22
Leadership and Humility
The
gospel for today is a call to humility.
For
those who seek to teach the faith, we must be humble, and steadfast both.
There
will be many who hear the word, and show no interest in it.
There
will be other times when those who hear will hunger for it, crowds will gather,
lives will be disrupted, the social order may go haywire.
Those
moments are to be handled with great care. Be patient, lead them with humility.
Listen to them, they will tell you what they need, they will inform you of what
you need as well.
A
good teacher learns more from their students in a single hour of instruction,
than their students learn from them.
If
you should find yourself in the position of a pastor or priest, of a teacher of
the faith, then be humble, be responsive, listen and learn.
They
Were Like Sheep Without a Shepherd
The
apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. Then he said
to them, ‘You must come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest
for a while’; for there were so many coming and going that the apostles had no
time even to eat. So they went off in a boat to a lonely place where they could
be by themselves. But people saw them going, and many could guess where; and
from every town they all hurried to the place on foot and reached it before
them. So as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them
because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach
them at some length
16th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
