HUMILITY AND SERVICE
The Caesarea Philippi episode which is of crucial important to Jesus seems not to have affected the disciples. Jesus has spoken about his suffering, death and resurrection on the mountain side and on their way back he again instructs them on his impending passion and death. Also in this second instance they do not seem to understand the situation of Jesus. For they are discussing who is the greatest among them. Then he teaches them a lesson of service, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” He also gives them the example of a child and requires of them a child- like quality for being a disciple. In the First Reading the author writes that the godless are against the just because the just reproaches them for their sins. The godless decide to test and torture the just to see how they react. In the Second Reading Saint James contrasts the wisdom from below with the wisdom from above. The wisdom from above is gentle, open to reason and full of mercy.
Liturgical materials for the Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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