SERMON/MEDITATION FOR TUESDAY, SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II (MAY 21, 2024)
SERMON/MEDITATION FOR TUESDAY, SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II (MAY 21, 2024) James 4:1-10; Ps.55; Mark 9:30-37 The Right way to be Ambitions In the first reading, James continues his warning against selfish ambition. He tells us that selfish ambition is the source of the discord experienced amongst humans. Wherever human relationship is thwarted, know that selfishness has raised its ugly head. To understand James better, we need to note that James was not condemning ambition in itself. By nature, every human being is expected to be ambitious. To be ambitious means to strongly desire something and to concretely work towards achieving it. Therefore, the only way one can avoid being ambitious is to have no plan for the future. But we know very well that he who fails to plan has already planned to fail. James carefully noted two things that corrupt ambition: content and means. The content of our ambition need to be something reasonably realizable without causing harm to anyone; if ...