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On this Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we read a very profound message from St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians:
“If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same minds, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others” (Phil 2: 1-4).
Imagine if we all looked out for the welfare of others, putting others before ourselves. What a world that would be. Jesus often asked us to do that very thing. For example, he said when we are invited to a banquet, we should not take a place of honor, such at the head table, but rather at a lower, out of the way table. Likewise, he taught his disciples be servants of all, putting themselves second. That is what ordained priests are asked to do. We’re asked to put the needs of our parishioners before our own.
