INGIN menjadi yang TerUTAMA?

Sebelum apa-apa silalah baca petikan injil hari minggu (18/Okt/2009)Markus 10:35-45
(Kindly read this Sunday (18/OCT?2009) Gospel Reading Mrk 10:35-45)

Mungkin ramai di antara kita yang menyatakan saya bukan bekerja dengan gereja dan saya tidak melayani, oleh itu petikan injil ini tidak mempunyai kena mengena dengan saya dan dengan itu saya tidak boleh menjadi pelayan kepada orang lain, saya ditakdirkan untuk memimpin dan menjadi ketua.

Ramai diantara kita yang lupa bahawa semua kareer itu adalah satu panggilan khusus untuk kita. Disebabkan perkara ini semakin ramai yang menjadi bongkak dan sombong, orang bawahan atau junior tidak lagi ditengok, malah kadang-kadang atau selalu dijadikan budak suruhan.

Petikan minggu ini meminta kita untuk menjadi pelayan dan hamba bagi sesama. Apakah sebenarnya menjadi pelayan? Seorang pelayan atau hamba mempunyai ciri-ciri seorang pengikut yang setia, mereka mendengar dan melakukan apa yang dikehendaki oleh tuannya. Yang mana Yesus mengatakan jika kita hendak menjadi yang utama dan terkemuka kita seharusnya mendengar perintah Allah dan melakukan kehendak-Nya, iaitu menjadi pelayan diantara sesama.

Bukanlah bermaksud kita jadi kuli bagi pekerja bawahan dan orang lain, tidak sama sekali. Sebagai seorang Kristian kita dituntut untuk Mendengar dan Melakukan Kehendak Tuhan. Dengan mendengar dan melakukan kehendak Tuhan, kita sudah pasti akan dapat melayani dengan baik, kita dapat menerapkan nilai-nilai kemanuisaan dan kepimpinan yang baik, dalam kita manjalankan tugas dan kereer kita.

Ini bererti, kita dapat melihat rakan sekerja atau pekerja-pekerja kita sebagai manusia yang mempunyai hati dan perasaan. Semoga Bacaan Injil minggu ini membantu kita untuk bersikap lebih sebagai pelayan yang penuh kerendahan hati, yang sentiasa mahu terbuka membantu dan memahami masalah orang lain. Menjadi pelayan di antara pelayan.

Sunday Reflection : "Faithfulness"

“ and the two become one flesh. They are no longer two, therefore, but one flesh.
So then, what God has united, human beings must not divide.” (Mark 10:8-9)

“I’m no married, and in my case the verse have no business to me”. Perhaps many of us out there who are still single do not taking this word of God seriously. This Sunday reading shows Jesus once again put it right and lifted high once again the marriage life. This Sunday gospel is very beautiful for all married, single people and celibates, it is because it reminds us to our commitment towards one another. For those who are married they are reminded to be faithful to their spouses. And to those celibates, single for Christ, and single still is to remain faithful to their promises, because no promises made out in front of God and to God is breakable. And as a Catholic, it is to stay united with God, to always uphold our baptismal bo

Marriage is equally important as priesthood or religious life, people are married because of love and an aim to be together till the end of life, to share joy and sadness, and more important to build a family, which build the church and finally society, and from this society we have our priest and religious (correct me if I’m wrong), and they are not married because of money, position, sex or anything else. If that was the reason, and if you are now feeling living like hell (if u you find this word to harsh, sorry then), perhaps ones need to re-set his or her marriage's goal.

Nowadays many of divorcees said the reason they got divorced because no more love between them. And for many also, it is because of their abusive husband or wife, financial situation, misunderstanding and of third person exist. We don't judge but we learn from these situations and, learn how to survive amidst of many problems and issues in the family.

To nurture love between spouses, to nurture commitments, effective communication between both should be there. Talk face to face, don’t yell to each other (you can yell to each other but with love) , if during your courting days you can shout to each other and remain face to face, why not in your married days, speak maturely, and speak from the bottom of your heart and not always from the head and make sure it is face to face. More importantly to listen, give chance to your spouse to finish everything before you interrupt. Be caring to one another.

For our reflections, are we remain committed to God in our daily lives, are we doing what God ask us to do. Are we being committed to our responsibility, as manager, supervisor, associates, teachers, moreover as a child, parents and as a spouse? To remain committed, there were great responsibility to hold and it is by God grace alone that we will be able to continue in carrying these responsibilities by constantly asking His pardon and mercy, help and guidance.

In this month of rosary, let us ask our beloved Mother Mary to pray for us that we can be like her, to remain faithful to Jesus. Mother Mary is the first disciple whom God favored, she were there in Cana and at the foot of the cross, and still there at the Pentecost. Let us return to him like the prodigal son, remain united with Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit and be witness to God’s existence in this world, by constantly showing mercy and doing charity to His people.


May this beautiful Sunday help us to grow in faith, love our beloved dearly, charitable in our lives, merciful in our deeds, humble in our actions and words. We pray that all couples can stay together despite of many challenges in family. Mother Mary pray for us !!!