Pope at Mass: Service should never become a power structure. We must resist temptations that distance us from our service to others. Instead, like Jesus, we must serve without asking for anything in …More
Pope at Mass: Service should never become a power structure.
We must resist temptations that distance us from our service to others. Instead, like Jesus, we must serve without asking for anything in return and avoid transforming our service "into a power structure". This was the focus of Pope Francis’s reflections at Mass Tuesday morning in Casa Santa Marta. The Pope based his homily on the Gospel of the Day from St Luke which recounts Jesus’ parable of the "unprofitable servant". Pope Francis said it teaches us that for a Christian our service to others must be total and not half-hearted; that we cannot serve two masters, either we serve God or our own self-interests. The Pope said we distance ourselves from this attitude of service to others when we try to “t ...
We must resist temptations that distance us from our service to others. Instead, like Jesus, we must serve without asking for anything in return and avoid transforming our service "into a power structure". This was the focus of Pope Francis’s reflections at Mass Tuesday morning in Casa Santa Marta. The Pope based his homily on the Gospel of the Day from St Luke which recounts Jesus’ parable of the "unprofitable servant". Pope Francis said it teaches us that for a Christian our service to others must be total and not half-hearted; that we cannot serve two masters, either we serve God or our own self-interests. The Pope said we distance ourselves from this attitude of service to others when we try to “t ...