Royalty? or Servant-hood?

[sancte_joseph]

As I checked my facebook I cam across a status that talked about how great their day was and that she was ROYALTY
because she was a child of God…

a friend responds saying “We are indeed children of God, and as such we are accorded the UNIVERSAL privilege of servanthood”

I can see how the original poster of the status could get that she’s royalty being children of God who is king of kings… but…

I must agree with the person who replied… about servanthood being our place
a certain scripture came to mind when i first saw the status…

“My soul doth magnify the Lord.
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Because he hath regarded the HUMILITY of his HANDMAID”

Any thoughts?

 

[Spirithound]

As I checked my facebook I cam across a status that talked about how great their day was and that she was ROYALTY
because she was a child of God…

a friend responds saying “We are indeed children of God, and as such we are accorded the UNIVERSAL privilege of servanthood”

I can see how the original poster of the status could get that she’s royalty being children of God who is king of kings… but…

I must agree with the person who replied… about servanthood being our place
a certain scripture came to mind when i first saw the status…

“My soul doth magnify the Lord.
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Because he hath regarded the HUMILITY of his HANDMAID”

Any thoughts?

It’s a beautiful paradox. The King of Kings came to be a slave to all!

 

[joandarc2008]

Well, I know when I Confirmed - I did so as Priest, Prophet, King. (No, I don’t think we switch genders on those terms.) But even with those terms Christ does tell us to take the lowest seat at the table.

I believe we serve at the lowest place so that we may have our place in the Kingdom of Heaven which was the answer to the prophecy of the Davidic Kingdom.

 

[Bakuryokuso]

Yeah, both are true. Jesus is King of Kings and humbled himself to become a servant.

I converted from Evangelicalism to Catholicism this year and many Evangelical women like to describe themselves in such terms of royalty - I think the point is to recognize their dignity before the Lord.

Still, it’s important to have a balanced view and understanding of both concepts.

 

[baltobetsy]

In Catholicism it’s almost always “both/and,” and hardly ever “either/or.” Beautiful.

 

[oneGODoneCHURCH]

I have to agree with the others on here. through our baptizism we are called to be priest prophet and kings.The true sign of a royal person is there service to others.

 

[Damase]

I think maybe we, who live in a world that is much more democratic than it has ever been, have little idea of what makes a great monarch. We think of current royalty has being nothing more than fodder for tabloids (i.e., celebrities), while we see the monarchies of the past as being oppressive institutions.

A truly just monarch lives for no other purpose than to serve his people—he isn’t a career politician, has no worries about being re-elected and so he isn’t afraid to do what is necessary even if it is unpopular. The mark of a right-ordered royalty isn’t a false superiority. Their rights and privileges shouldn’t cross into the realm of abuse of power—they are separated from the community in order to best serve it.

I think this applies very well to the priesthood of the Catholic Church. The clergy are a royal priesthood, set apart from the laity in order to serve us to the best of their ability.

 

[jeanannemarie]

Oh, yes, and our Pope is the greatest servant of all. My daughter had a book recently, and I am sorry I cannot remember the name of it, in which it said that our beloved Pope is at the very bottom of all of us and the servant of all. That was a new concept for me and I think this is what you are all talking about. Just wanted to chime in, hope you don’t mind.

 

[Damase]

Oh, yes, and our Pope is the greatest servant of all. My daughter had a book recently, and I am sorry I cannot remember the name of it, in which it said that our beloved Pope is at the very bottom of all of us and the servant of all. That was a new concept for me and I think this is what you are all talking about. Just wanted to chime in, hope you don’t mind.

I think that’s a great point, especially in the sense that the Pope is a literal monarch as sovereign of the Vatican City State, in addition to the spiritual sense we’ve been talking about.

 

[sancte_joseph]

Thanks to everyone who replied… and yes my friend is an evangelical woman as someone pointed out… anyway

In Catholicism it’s almost always “both/and,” and hardly ever “either/or.” Beautiful.

I love this response… together with all the others… Our faith is truly amazing