September 11 - Friday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.9:16-19,22-27; Ps.84:2-6,8,12; Lk.6:39-42) "Although I am not bound to anyone, I made myself the slave of all so as to win over as many as possible." How like His Lord is Paul in his declaration, "To the weak I became a weak person with a view to winning the weak." For as Jesus descended from heaven to take on flesh and save those corrupted by its sin, so the Apostle has made himself "all things to all people," stepping inside their skin "in order to save at least some of them." Indeed, Paul proves himself to be "on a par with his teacher" in sacrifice and fruitfulness, for how well he…
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