Fr. Frank Majka, SJ – The Bridge

Upside Down

Jesus was very skilled at turning his disciples’ perceptions upside down, as he did when he told them that two cents given to the Temple by a poor widow was a bigger gift than all the money that came from the wealthy.

He did something similar when he said that a no-account child was the best example of how one ought to live in the Kingdom of God, or that sinners and prostitutes would get into heaven before the so-called righteous people.

Because of this, the disciples must have felt off balance more times than they would have liked. If we want to follow Jesus, we (whether as individuals or as a church) shouldn’t be surprised that he will do the same to us, turning our ideas of good and bad, holy and unholy upside down, if we let him.