Carmelite homily for Lectionary 492 | Tuesday, November 12, 2019
In today’s Gospel Jesus says, when the servants come in from a long day does the master say, ‘let me take care of you?’ No, the master says, now that you’re back, take care of me. And at the end say, you’ve done nothing but what you were expected to do. This is true, we are to be servants, but the call is to be more than servants – to be friends, to be brothers, sisters, offspring of the Lord. Saint John of the Cross tells us, “Those attached to dignities are considered by God mere slaves and not offspring.” The call is to be offspring and to join the master at the table.