Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Parents, teachers,
managers, and others will be held accountable for their treatment of underlings. They must model right behavior and show
charity. They should consider their
positions not as a privilege but as a responsibility. In the end they will be judged, at least in
part, for their effect on those they lead.
The first reading
conveys the proper relationship between a person of authority and those who are
subject to him. On behalf of St. Paul,
the writer speaks of a stewardship of the word of God. It is a grave responsibility to talk about God
to others as it is to teach mathematics or to instill productive work
habits. But we need not be burdened with
worry when we find ourselves in such positions.
We can turn to Christ in prayer for help. Then, like the writer, we may
count on God’s grace to fruitfully carry out our responsibilities.
