Jesus today speaks of duty. "When you have done all you have been commanded, say, "we are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do."
Often people will come up ask why we do what we do as Catholic. Why do we got o mass? Why do we ask the saints to pray for us? Why do we go to a priest for confession? Why do we receive communion?
And the list goes on and on. A simple answer is, because Jesus told us so.
No one likes to be told what to do, yet when it comes to a healthy and wholly faith life, Jesus reminds us that being told what to do is at the heart of who we are.
As we celebrate Veterans Day today, we are reminded of the beauty and necessity of following orders. Our country survives because men and women faithfully and dutifully walk the straight and narrow and do what they are told. Because they can follow orders, we have freedom secured daily.
In some sense, freedom in our life when it comes to following Christ rest on following commands and obeying orders.
When soldiers don't follow commands they are consider to be insubordinate and they destroy the stability of the military. When they abandon their duties and go AWOL they run risk of severe punishment.
Many Christians have gone AWOL in their faith. They are absent with out leave. Their freedom suffers, their life suffers, their testimony suffers. As St. Paul says, they are a discredit to Christ and their life is empty.
May we seek to give our selves more fully to our faith like Christ who gives himself and thus truly and boldly proclaim we are unprofitable servants doing our duty. Our duty will lead us to the fullness of life with joy that is complete.
Lord increase our faith that we might give our selves daily to your commands and thus recieve fully from your bounty.
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