Saint Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor
Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide
Gospel – Matthew 10:22-25
“The disciple is not superior to his teacher, nor the slave to his master. It is enough for the disciple that he should grow to be like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, what will they not say of his household?”. In this passage we can find different aspects of being a disciple of Jesus like St. Athanasius. In our witness and in our Christian life, the teacher is always superior to us. Jesus is superior to us. But sometimes, our testimonies and witness become instruments for us to be superiors. But remember Jesus is the superior and we are disciples. Then the second point here is about our goal. Our goal is to be like the teacher, Jesus Christ. Whatever we are doing, wherever we are living, we have only one mission, to be like Jesus Christ. We don’t have any other goals or objectives. We are called to follow Jesus Christ and our aim is to be like Him. Then the last point is that the world around us, will try to demean us in different ways. But never mind because Jesus Christ went through that already. Let’s reflect: Easter calls us to follow Jesus Christ and to become like Him without fear of any humiliation.
Thursday 2 May
