The Sacrifice of Success

Reflection for Saturday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time Year C
(Heb 13:15-17, 20-21. Mk 6:30-34)

“Through Jesus let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God...”(Hen 13:15). Jesus is the epitome of self-sacrifice. As the Good Shepherd, He abandoned His relaxation time and set out to attend to the crowd...Making such sacrifices is pleasing to God.

We connect our little discomforts to  God through the Sacrifice of Jesus. In this way we contribute to the building up of the Body of Christ. Sacrifice is the secret of success. If we have nothing to suffer, we have nothing to offer! It is through endurance, self-denial, that marriages last, businesses sustained, knowledge acquired, etc. Even leisure and relaxation draw their joy and value from Labour.

But the ultimate sacrifice has been offered. That is why we are enjoined to unite our sacrifices with that of Jesus. Then our little efforts would have an eternal value.

Fr Jude Chinwe Nwachukwu,  C.Ss.R
Arch Angels Parish
Satelitetown, Lagos
Saturday   February 9th 2019.