So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, be was appointed by the one who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"; as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."
--Hebrews 5:5-6
Jesus didn't go to West Point, and He didn't burst onto the Wall Street scene, all newly-minted, with a Harvard MBA in His hands. Career advancement, as it's known today, wasn't in the cards. The Bible says nothing of Jesus enhancing His resume.
Who He was and what He did came to Him in the way of a gift. He was "begotten"; He was "appointed". He was enlisted in another's cause.
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus -- profound thinker, gifted and prolific writer, former Lutheran turned Roman Catholic -- died this past January. In one of his published prayers, he captures what it means for us to be enlisted in the Lord's cause:
God,
Gift us with the lightheartedness of those
who know that every cause of ours
that is good
is Yours before it is ours.
Amen.
A good -- and lighthearted! -- day to you all!
PD
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus
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