Doing Our Duty

There may be two slices of  Daily Bread today...Yesterday's about Veteran's Day, didn't seem to make it out of the oven.

Today, we are challenged by Jesus to simply go about our business without fanfare, and not expect any reward for doing what we are supposed to do.  Our Marist tradition has always held to the "doing good quietly" in imitation of Mary.  The Marist Fathers and Sisters stress this in their living out of our Marist Spirituality.  It keeps us humble, and free from "entitlement", an attitude that seems to be growing in our society.  We are not God, nor do we have a God made to OUR image and likeness.  On the contrary, it is WE who are made to HIS image and likeness.  All that we are, and all the good we do, comes from him and doesn't even deserve a prize.  In our "Everyone-Wins,- Everyone-Gets- a-Trophy" world, we too can fall into the trap of expecting God to jump up and down for the slightest thing we do.  No, as Jesus reminds us, we are not worthy to share the same table. (cf Lk 17:7-10), We do what we are commanded, and let it go.
Lord, let me walk humbly with you and carry out your commands because of who you are and who I am.
Bro. Rene