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We trace how responsibility can quietly turn into entitlement when we forget who entrusted it to us. We hear Jesus’ warning about the steward who acts like an owner and we measure our own leadership by service, humility, and care for others.
• responsibility starting as a privilege then becoming a temptation
• the Gospel parable of the steward with real authority but not ownership
• “Much will be required” as a standard of accountability
• Jesus washing feet as the model of servant leadership
• authority showing up in ordinary life through parenting teaching and work
• St Paul in Ephesians receiving a mission with humility
• gifts and roles as trusts meant for the good of others
• an honest self-check about whether we serve others or ourselves

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Jesus flips a familiar servant story by revealing a master who comes home and serves his own people at the table. We connect that surprise to Paul’s message of reconciliation through the Cross and to Saint Paul of the Cross, who calls us to let the crucifix astonish us again.

•the Gospel image of staying awake for the master’s return
•the shocking reversal of the master serving the servants
•Christian faith as God’s action first, not our achievement
•Ephesians on being brought near by the blood of Christ
•the Church as a family made through Jesus’ death and resurrection
•Saint Paul of the Cross and the Passionist focus on the Crucifixion
•why the Cross is the clearest proof of God’s love
•the Mass and Eucharist as Christ still serving us

So today when you look at the crucifix take just a moment remember the message Saint Paul of the cross spent his entire life preaching you do not have to wonder how much God loves you. He's already shown you and the cross is the proof of that

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