The gospel reading for this week offers us a lens to engage with the season of creation theme. As you listen with this theme in mind, what insights arise for you? What catches your attention?
As Jesus continues to try and open the disciples minds to understand God’s version of Messiahship – not the conquering hero but the suffering servant – the disciples have instead been preoccupied on the way, caught up in a dispute over who is the most important among them.
The way of discipleship is the way of service, of welcoming the least as a means of welcoming the divine one.
What does that mean to you and your relationship with creation – the resources of the planet earth, air and waters; the hairy, scaly, oozy and smooth skinned creatures; the vegetation and micro-organisms as well as all of our fellow human beings? Who are the little ones? What would it mean to you to welcome, hold and embrace the least of creation – the different, the downtrodden, the so-called unlovely of creation – as a means of welcoming the presence of God?
What would it mean to seek to serve creation as an expression of your discipleship on The Way of Jesus the Christ?
You can find the gospel reading and all of the texts for this Sunday’s lectionary readings here.
