26th Sunday of Ordinary Time

 Attitude Phil. 2:1-11

Ask yourself, “what kind of attitude do I have?”

Our attitude can determine if we have a good day or a bad one.

Attitudes can make or break a relationship

And can determine if one is successful or a failure.

St. Paul tells us that we should have the same attitude as Jesus.

Who Even though Jesus was God,

He did not grasp at all that came with being God.

Instead He chose to be born in a stable instead of a palace.

He chose to be poor with nowhere to lay His head.

In other words, He did not wear His Divinity on His sleeve.

Rather He emptied Himself and took the form of a slave;

Seeking not to be served but to serve.

He sought only to humble Himself;

By becoming obedient to His Father’s Will.

Even to dying on a cross.

Because Jesus did not grasp for glory;

Or sought to do His own Will;

But was obedient to His Father’s Will even to dying on a cross;

His Father raised Him up on high.

Above heaven and earth

And gave Him a Name above every other Name.

Is our attitude the same as Jesus?

Even thought we are made in the Image and Likeness of God

Do we grasp at it?

Do we reach out for money, power, possessions or influence.

Or like Jesus, Do we empty ourselves and seek not our own glory

But the glory of others?

Do we ever look down on others;

Or like Jesus, Do we humble ourselves,

And place others before and above us, as a slave does .

Do we seek to do our own will,

Or like Jesus do we seek to do God’s Will,

Above everything else no matter the cost;

No matter the cross?

If we have the same attitude as Jesus;

Then God will bestow on us the name of Christian;

And we too will be raised up on high one day

above heaven and earth where we will reign with Christ;

And give all the glory to the Father.