{"id":5401,"date":"2023-03-07T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T00:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5401"},"modified":"2023-03-02T03:03:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T02:03:25","slug":"tuesday-ii-lent-encouraged-by-a-desire-to-serve-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5401","title":{"rendered":"TUESDAY II LENT: Encouraged \u00a0by a desire to serve you"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do not be called ‘Master’;\u00a0<\/span>you have but one master, the Christ.
\nThe greatest among you must be your servant.
\n<\/span>Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;<\/span>but whoever humbles himself will be exalted. (Mt. 23:11-12)<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Encouraged however by a desire to serve you, we placed all our trust in the Lord and our hope has not been in vain, as the outcome has been that the holy Word transmitted to you has received an eager welcome…\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

But called by my vocation to be the servant and priest of the poor to whose service I would like to be able to devote my whole life, I cannot help being touched when I see the eagerness of the poor to hear my voice<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod’s sermon to the poor of Aix en Provence, 1813<\/em><\/h3>\n

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REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lord Jesus, when you walked the earth, Your humility obscured your Kingship. Your meekness confused the arrogant.<\/h3>\n

Teach me to model after your eminence,
\nTo subject my human nature to humility.
\nGrant me with a natural inclination
\nTo never view myself greater than anyone.<\/h3>\n

Banish all lingering sparks of self-importance
\nThat could elevate me greater than you.
\nLet my heart always imitate your humility.<\/h3>\n

Adapted from https:\/\/www.xavier.edu\/jesuitresource\/online-resources\/prayer-index\/humility<\/h3>\n

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Do not be called ‘Master’;\u00a0you have but one master, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;but whoever humbles himself will be exalted. (Mt. 23:11-12) Encouraged however by a desire to serve … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}