Ezekiel 28:1-10 / Matthew 19:23-30
It is quite surprising and amazing how we easily accept society's way of segregating us into classes.
And we also subconsciously divide ourselves against each other.
For example, the one driving a bigger car would expect the one driving a smaller car to give way.
The ones who have more money will get better and faster treatment.
The 1st class passengers get to leave the plane first, just like the 1st class passengers were the first to leave the sinking Titanic.
Yes, all of us are equal, but some have made themselves like gods.
Such was the case of the king of Tyre in the 1st reading.
Such will also be our case if we don't watch our pride, because pride comes before the fall (Proverbs 16:18), just like the impending tragedy that was to befall the king of Tyre.
And if we think that we can feel more secure by having more material possessions, then we will surely fall because we will trip over the stuff that we are dragging along.
We like to think that with a lot of material possessions, we can be first.
But as Jesus said in the gospel, those who are first will be last.
May Jesus always be the first in our lives so that we will know that we are all equal in His eyes.