Friday, April 29, 2005
Luke 23:9
You must call no one on earth your father, since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.
What Jesus meant by Father was meaning, not title. We call priest father, we call the pope holy father. Well, rightly so they are by title, father. They show the glory of the Father, but they do not take the place of God. Through them, the sacraments of God's love are shown.
Well, if we are not to call anyone else father. What are we to write if we fill up forms asking for "father's name". What would you fill?
What Jesus meant by Father here is that no one takes the place of God because God is father. Call no one your Lord because you only have one Lord, the Almighty Father.
He also touched on pride. Are we so proud that we think we are so great? Nothing above exist, I'm the highest? Well, that was what Jesus meant by Father. Father is the greatest and the highest. Call no one father, meaning don't put anything above God. And don't think we are so high and mighty that we make ourselves "Father".
Let us Reflect.
Amen.
+Deo de benedicat
Feel Lonely @Friday, April 29, 2005
