Today, 22 February 2010, we celebrate the Chair of St. Peter.
In his first letter, Peter reminds as of how to be a leader by being a servant.
Reading I
Beloved: I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a share in the glory to be revealed. Tend the flock of God in your midst, overseeing not by constraint but willingly, as God would have it, not for shameful profit but eagerly. Do not lord it over those assigned to you, but be examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
The first Pope then reminds us that servanthood (or service to God) is done with one's heart; not out of obligation. Also, we should set the example. Ourselves should be the example; and not that we would lord over our flock.
Once a leader, always a servant.
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