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by Fr. Edward Foley, Capuchin<\/em><\/p>\n

While I understand that the prophetic word of God
\nis not designed to predict the future,
\nI could not help but wonder
\nas I pondered this passage
\nin which Jesus overhears his disciples
\narguing about which of them was the greatest
\nif God had anticipated the 21st-century political scene in the U.S.
\nin which incumbents and upstart candidates for office
\ndo what they can to impress upon audiences of every stripe,
\nhow they are the greatest among their peers,
\nand the messianic answer to what of sounds like
\nthe imminent demise of our country without them.<\/p>\n

It is a struggle as old as humankind:
\nthe struggle to be number one, to be on top,
\nto calculate one\u2019s worth.
\nBut too often through the perceived inferiority of others.<\/p>\n

And the hidden danger in this race to the top
\nat the expense of another\u2019s reputation or dignity
\nis not only a potential for pride or self-righteousness,
\nbut something more insidious, more destructive
\nas pointedly noted in today\u2019s second reading.<\/p>\n

It is not very often that we find a clear correlation
\nnetween the gospel and the second reading.
\nThe first reading is explicitly chosen to correspond to the gospel:
\nso today\u2019s first reading from Wisdom
\nechoes Jesus\u2019 prediction of his suffering and death<\/p>\n

The second reading is a semi-continuous reading
\nfrom one of the epistles.
\nFor 4 weeks now we have been reading from James\u2019 letter.<\/p>\n

Happily, there is a convergence between Mark and James today,
\nalmost as if James is commenting on this apostolic squabble.<\/p>\n

And James\u2019 warning
\nin light of the gospel spat over who\u2019s the greatest
\nis not the onset of narcissism or self-absorption,
\nbut the specter of war,
\nthe abandonment of mercy,
\nthe demise of peace,
\nand the onset of violence.<\/p>\n

Recently I listened to Eric Metaxas\u2019
\nriveting biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
\nSubtitled: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. [1]<\/p>\n

It is a fascinating examination,
\nof a remarkable young Lutheran Pastor
\ndeeply devoted to traditional German culture
\nand willing to sacrifice his life to save his country.<\/p>\n

It is also a heart-wrenching expos\u00e9
\nof the fallacious myth of a superior race
\nand the horrific tragedies that resulted from such arrogance.<\/p>\n

James wrote: \u201cwhere jealousy and selfish ambition exist,
\nthere is disorder and every foul practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

This not only defines the Nazi regime of a distant past
\nbut also the disorder and foulness
\nthat yet abounds in today\u2019s world
\nas the lives of the innocent in war-ravaged countries,
\nas well as on the streets of our cities,
\nare persistently cheapened and discarded.<\/p>\n

And what does Jesus propose in the face of this race to the top
\nwith its potential for violence and the oppression of the innocent?<\/p>\n

When a child has wandered into the midst of his inner circle,
\never the extemporaneous teacher
\nJesus wraps his arms around the kid
\nand informs the burly fishermen,
\nthe so-called adults in the group,
\nthat if they have a future with him
\ntheir future is to be found in their past – in their childhood.<\/p>\n

Placing childhood at the center of discipleship
\nis at least disconcerting, if not problematic.<\/p>\n

While I am sure that most of you were perfect children,
\nchildhood seems an odd symbol of Christian discipleship
\nsince children are by nature self-centered,
\nbelieving the world revolves around their wants & needs.<\/p>\n

I remember months after the birth of the first nephew
\nmy sleep-deprived and exhausted sister
\nannounced that her child was a terrorist
\nand she was captive to his will.<\/p>\n

Like many offspring, human children are naturally selfish,
\na biological drive imbedded in their DNA
\nto increase their chances of survival.<\/p>\n

They are also prone to violence if deprived of what they want:
\njust put 2 three-year-old boys in a room
\nwith 1 red truck and see how long before struggle ensues.<\/p>\n

Maybe, however, it is not childishness that Jesus is offering
\nas his gospel strategy for discipleship
\nand the eradication of all rivalry from his inner circle.
\nBut maybe it is the childlikeness Jesus himself exhibits,
\nthose treasured traits of childhood,
\nthat have been squeezed out of us
\nby education, and competition, and prejudice:<\/p>\n

like the innocence that disinclines them
\nfrom judging people by the color of their skin,
\nthe size of their bank account
\nor the crowd of facial wrinkles;<\/p>\n

like their ability to live in the moment
\nuncomprehending how many months to Christmas
\nor weeks to their birthday
\nor how long to drive to grandma\u2019s house
\nwhereas the 5-year-old, prepared to make a 3-hour trip
\nwith his parents to see relatives is
\nin the back seat he surrounded by coloring books,
\nMom\u2019s iPod, snacks, and juice boxes.
\nFive minutes into the journey he begins to persistently ask
\n\u201care we there yet?\u201d
\nuntil the father explodes and tells him if he asks again
\nhe is going to be punished.
\nThere is an extended moment of quiet,
\nuntil this small voice from the back seat asks
\n\u201cwill I still be five when we get there\u201d?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also their gift of wonder,
\nthe ability to be entertained by a balloon
\nor the simplest of peek-a-boo games
\noften more captivated by the wrapping paper or box
\nthan the expensive gift waiting inside.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s that natural skin hunger,
\ntheir instinctive relationality,
\ndesiring to be touched, stroked, rocked, and held.<\/p>\n

And maybe most of all it is their wanton neediness,
\ntheir inability to do virtually anything for themselves
\nwhether acquiring food and seeking shelter.<\/p>\n

The truth about children is that they have no product
\nor worth other than themselves,
\na worth God deems as incalculable.<\/p>\n

That was more true in Jesus\u2019 time than in our own. [2]
\nWestern cultures tend to place children first
\nwith the instinct to risk everything to save the child.
\nYet ancient Middle Eastern cultures would place the child last.
\nEven Thomas Aquinas taught that in a raging fire
\na husband was obliged to save his father first
\nthen his mother, next his wife, and last his child.<\/p>\n

When famine arose children would be fed last after the adults
\nwithin the family, the child had next to no status
\nand was considered equal to a slave
\nthey were not always doted upon as prized possessions
\nwhich is maybe why a child seems to aimlessly wander
\ninto Jesus\u2019 company
\nunattended, unsupervised, undervalued.<\/p>\n

Children in the culture that shaped the disciples’ worldview
\nweren’t the only ones who were devalued;
\nthey shared space on the margins with many others:
\nthe disabled, the sick, widows, and the unclean.<\/p>\n

When Jesus challenges his adult compatriots to be like children,
\nhe effectively insults them,
\ndisparages their physical and social status
\nand illustrates that, as one blogger put it,
\nthe greatest among them was
\n“twenty-six inches tall, with limited vocabulary, no job, zero net worth, a nobody. And God’s chosen agent.”<\/p>\n

And what is the upshot of this messianic lesson
\nthis apostolic comeuppance,
\nthis dressing down of discipleship,
\nthis ascendancy of a child in God\u2019s emerging reign?<\/p>\n

Simply put there is no one whom we may safely ignore
\nfor they in truth may be God\u2019s messenger,
\nespecially in their wanton need.<\/p>\n

And recognizing their innate dignity,
\ntheir ability to reflect the very countenance of God,
\nis the first and final antidote to violence,
\na true step on what our second reading describes
\nas the road to peace.<\/p>\n

We cannot return to our childhood,
\nnor does the gospel call us to do so.
\nActually, part of taking up our cross and following Christ
\nis recognizing something of the sadness of growing up
\nwith all of its challenges and burdens.<\/p>\n

The poet Billy Collins captures some of this poignancy
\nIn his eloquent reflection about turning 10 years old.<\/p>\n

He writes:<\/p>\n

The whole idea of it makes me feel<\/em>
\nlike I’m coming down with something,<\/em>
\nsomething worse than any stomach ache<\/em>
\nor the headaches I get from reading in bad light–<\/em>
\na kind of measles of the spirit,<\/em>
\na mumps of the psyche,<\/em>
\na disfiguring chicken pox of the soul.<\/em><\/p>\n

You tell me it is too early to be looking back,<\/em>
\nbut that is because you have forgotten<\/em>
\nthe perfect simplicity of being one<\/em>
\nand the beautiful complexity introduced by two.<\/em>
\nBut I can lie on my bed and remember every digit.<\/em>
\nAt four I was an Arabian wizard.<\/em>
\nI could make myself invisible<\/em>
\nby drinking a glass of milk a certain way.<\/em>
\nAt seven I was a soldier, at nine a prince.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself,<\/em>
\nas I walk through the universe in my sneakers.<\/em>
\nIt is time to say good-bye to my imaginary friends,<\/em>
\ntime to turn the first big number.<\/em><\/p>\n

It seems only yesterday I used to believe<\/em>
\nthere was nothing under my skin but light.<\/em>
\nIf you cut me I could shine.<\/em>
\nBut now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,<\/em>
\nI skin my knees. I bleed.\u00a0<\/em>[3]<\/p>\n

It is true: there is some sadness in leaving behind
\nthose Peter Pan instincts and having to grow up,
\nwhich requires us to admit the possibility of a cross in our present,
\nor certainly in our future,
\nand the recognition that when we fall, we do unfortunately bleed.<\/p>\n

But in the demanding gift of an adult faith
\nthere is also the grace
\nto see every child of God as though
\nthere is nothing under their skin but light
\nand to embolden them to shine,
\nto treasure their radiance and affirm their dignity.<\/p>\n

In doing so we pray that we too
\nwill recover some of that child-like luminosity
\nand so reaffirm our own identity as children of God
\ncommissioned to radiate the light imparted to us in baptism
\nthat still courses through our being.
\nFor we too are children of the light,
\nsister and brothers of the eternal luminosity
\nrevealed in the eternal Christ, Lord and God, forever and ever.<\/p>\n

\n

[1] Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy <\/em>(Nashville: Nelson Books, 2010).<\/p>\n

[2] What follows is reliant upon John Pilch, The Cultural World of Jesus, Sunday by Sunday: Cycle B.\u00a0 <\/em>(Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996), 139-141.<\/p>\n

[3] Billy Collins, \u201cOn Turning Ten,\u201d from The Art of Drowning <\/em>(Pittsburgh \u2013 London: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995), 48-49.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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