St. Bernadette Catholic Church

Sometimes our need to be right overwhelms our obligation to love. Paul in today's reading from Corinthians expounds upon this state of things, an apparent problem in the Corinthian community. Those in the community were so occupied with who was right or who had more prestige that they were losing touch with their Christian belief and mission. Paul gently reminds them about the cross. The cross of Christ proclaims that the only thing right and proper of the Christian is the act of sacrificial love. The cross is the pattern of our Christian lives.

We probably don't have to look far to see the dynamic of the "rightness" game happening in our lives, just ask your wife or husband or work mate. The need to be right is a natural thing that flows from our egos and pride. Whereas, the act of sacrificial love flows unnaturally or should we say supernaturally from our hearts through the gift of grace. When we embrace Christ, embrace His cross, our need to be right seems almost silly and useless while our desire to love abounds.