All for one, and one for all… Or perhaps it’s said one for all, and all for one… I personally like the former, it rolls off the tongue better. But they are both one in the same.
I’ve heard that phrase numerous times… It is the motto of countries, and the motto of The Three Musketeers, the main characters of the novel and numerous movies of the same name.
But look deeper. It should really be the model of the Christian, with a couple changes in capitalization:
all for One, and One for all…
Now it has a much deeper meaning. A higher importance. Beyond just being a motto for unity, it is now a motto for communion with our Lord.
We all need to come together for the One God, the One who makes us grow, us Paul writes. The One who created us. And He is the One God, who came for all of us, to save us, who continues to come for all of us.
It is important to be one person for greater good of others. And it is equally important to be together with others for the common good of one cause.
But none of that is possible, truly possible, without recognizing the One true Creator, and being all in for Him, and accepting and loving His ultimate sacrifice for all of us.
Do you notice this in the world today? Do you see any of this? All too often it is more like one for some people, and those people for ones like them.
For too many of us, this is the truth. Look deep into your heart, especially in this time in society with the polarization of the pandemic and social justice and politics. We are all guilty of this in one way, shape or form.
One for some people, and those people for ones like them.
Is this really how we want to be seen?
Jesus and St. Paul tell us today to be the exact opposite. Paul writes, that “neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth” We cannot be merely for the created, but rather first and foremost we must be for the Creator.
And then Jesus flips it around, that He must go “To the other towns also
I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent.”
The One Creator came for us all.
Simple words to live by really. If we really want to be for others, we must first be for Him. And if we really want to be for Him, we need to seek Him, most often through others, through His Church – all for One, so we can see and experience the One for all.
