17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
First reading – 1 Kings 3:5,7-12
“Give your servant a heart to understand how to discern between good and evil, for who could govern this people of yours that is so great?’ It pleased the Lord that Solomon should have asked for this”. Solomon asked what is pleased to God. This is because he was not thinking about himself. He was thinking about the people of God. We are selfish and we have egoistic desires when we think of ourselves. But when we think of others, when we place others before ourselves, there is totally a different perspective. We see things in a different perspective. In the words of Solomon we can see that. “Your servant finds himself in the midst of this people of yours that you have chosen, a people so many its number cannot be counted or reckoned”. The People is more important than him. He considers the people as great. That’s why he is humble enough to ask for the wisdom to serve the people of God. When we put the other in front of ourselves we can be humble enough to ask the grace of God to serve others. Let’s reflect: Am I humble enough to put the other before me to ask the wisdom from God to serve the other?
Sunday 30 July
