CAMPUS MINISTRY

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE

Sometimes, if we are lucky, we have the chance to serve someone who has absolutely nothing (in a material sense) compared to us. I say 'lucky' as, if we let it, this can be a moment of encounter - a chance to break down the artificial walls we put up between our fellow human beings: rich/poor, young/old, employed/unemployed and many, many more.

I recently served at a homeless shelter and realised that these men and I not only share the body of Christ, we also were part of the Body of Christ. A homeless man and I, part of the same body.

That’s what this last Sunday before Advent – Christ the King – is all about.  Christ our King says we serve him when we serve the people considered least in our world. God’s Spirit lives in them. God’s Spirit also lives in us.

Thus, the connection: we are all part of the same body, the Body of Christ. The child starving in Africa. The kid without friends. The man begging on the street corner. The old woman alone. The prisoner serving a sentence. And you and I. All part of the same body.

This might get us to change our thinking at times. We sometimes treat parts of our spiritual body – the Body of Christ – differently when they suffer. “I’m too busy to visit,” we say to ourselves if know someone is lonely, or ill.

“The money is tight at the moment” when we are confronted with someone’s hunger or homelessness.

Our spiritual body stretches around the world. When parts of it suffer, let’s take the time to understand why and relieve the pain.

The Body of Christ SERVES the Body of Christ to BECOME the Body of Christ.

Mr Chris Kan

Dean of Campus Ministry