Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
There are four “Servant of the Lord” passages in Isaiah’s prophesy, and we hear the third passage at Mass today. The Servant has been mistreated and wounded by those who could do so. He has every right to defend himself, possibly even to strike back. But no angry word is spoken.
Who is this Servant? Isaiah? Jesus? The Servant is any person whose ear has been opened by the Lord God, and who did not refuse or turn away. The Servant trusts in the Lord God so much that he accepts what the Lord asks of him regardless of the situation.
If one believes that we exist to know God, to love God, and to serve God, then one may well be blessed with a Servant’s trust.
And it will be the gift of a lifetime.
Reflection by Br. Jacob Kubajak, OSB
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