In one of my assignments as a priest I was asked to provide administrative oversight to a rather large Church operation with massive financial, legal, and personnel challenges. When I began, I felt overwhelmed and unqualified. Someone said to me, “You are totally unqualified for this work.” The unfeeling truth of it stung. Reeling and upset, I reached out to my predecessor, who said, “Your job is to bring Jesus into every situation. Let everyone else be the experts in all the other stuff.” It was so liberating. My lack of qualifications actually became an asset because it grounded me in the truth of Jesus alone and not in my own skill.
Do you ever feel unqualified to be a messenger of Jesus to the world? The shepherds in the Gospel account of Jesus’ birth were part of a scorned and despised class in those days, not unlike prostitutes and tax collectors. They were not competent and respected citizens. And they are the ones who are approached by angels and invited to see Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. They ignore their lack of qualifications and announce what they’ve seen and heard about the newborn king.
So, it goes with us. When it comes to the things of God and angels, we are as incompetent and unlikely as shifty shepherds. Until, that is, we behold the glory of the newborn king, which we do in the Christmas liturgy. May the revelation to us of Christ’s birth this Christmas overwhelm our insecurities and make the likes of us the most unlikely heralds of our king. — Father John Muir ©LPi
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