Philippians 1:18-26 / Luke 14:1, 7-11
By and large, we have the etiquette and the decorum to be shown our seats in a function or at a dinner reception.We certainly don't want to be embarrassed to take a seat we assumed to be ours only to be told otherwise.
Nonetheless the parable of Jesus tells us that we have this innate desire to be honoured and maybe even exalted.
Because it cannot be denied that we liked to be looked up too. For some, it may even be an obsession.
But for all the adulation and limelight that we might get, what and how will it matter in eternity?
In the 1st reading, we hear of St. Paul's dilemma.
He wants to be with Christ but yet he know he had to stay on for a while in order to help the early Christians progress in their faith.
Yet St. Paul also knew that all praise and honour is to be given to God alone.
So let us be aware of our tendency to be in the limelight and receive the applause.
Yet all this does not matter in eternity. What matters then is that we continue to praise and glorify the Lord.
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First Friday Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
6 Nov Friday 8.30pm Singapore time (GMT +8)
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