The WORD today reminds me that I should live my life proclaiming and showing how great God is.
I am part of a Singles church group in the south, and the last line of our mission is a call to live a life proclaiming God and his greatness. We want others to see God living and alive in us, and would eventually want to be with us. This is similar to what we see in the first reading.
In the first reading, we saw that people wanted to follow the disciples because they have heard that God is with them.
How great it must have been. People coming up to them and telling them they want to be with them and go with them, for they heard God is with them. Their actions speak and proclaim God. Word got around that God is with them, and it drew people to them. We should live like this.
Our lives should proclaim God. Our lives should remind people how great God is. Our lives should make God more alive and more real in this world. We should be ambassadors of Christ, proclaiming him to others not just with our words, but more importantly with our lives. We should live consistent with the gospel values. We should treat others right. We should find joy and peace in all situations.
However, we will not always be able to do this. We will fail from time to time. As we see in the gospel, the temper of the apostles got the best of them. Even though they had the best teacher, they still fall from time to time. Moreso with us. We may not always be able to live his ways, but we should not stop trying, and instead pray more and ask more guidance and grace to do his will.
This pandemic, it is very important to proclaim God. There are a lot of negative people. There are a lot of abuses. Violence. Incompetence. It may be frustrating, but it reminds us to be louder in proclaiming God and his goodness. People need to see and be reminded.
How do I live my life? Do I realize that my life is a reflection of my faith? Do I proclaim God? In what way? How can I make God more concrete and more real?
May we live a life proclaiming God and may our lives show others that God is always with us.
Father God,
Thank you for today. Thank you for another day to live. Thank you for the reminder. Thank you for giving me opportunities to share you to others. Lord, sorry for the times I do not live pleasing to you. Sorry for focusing only on myself and what I want. Sorry for forgetting you. Sorry for not proclaiming you. Help me live right. May other people see you in me. May my life proclaim your greatness and your goodness. Help me and use me. May others see how good and how loving you are by my life. May you always be proclaimed and glorified. Amen.
Blessed Day!
In Christ,
-g-
Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 456
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
There shall yet come peoples,
the inhabitants of many cities;
and the inhabitants of one city shall approach those of another,
and say, “Come! let us go to implore the favor of the LORD”;
and, “I too will go to seek the LORD.”
Many peoples and strong nations shall come
to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem
and to implore the favor of the LORD.
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
In those days ten men of every nationality,
speaking different tongues, shall take hold,
yes, take hold of every Jew by the edge of his garment and say,
“Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
R. (Zec 8:23) God is with us.
His foundation upon the holy mountains
the LORD loves:
The gates of Zion,
more than any dwelling of Jacob.
Glorious things are said of you,
O city of God!
R. God is with us.
I tell of Egypt and Babylon
among those that know the LORD;
Of Philistia, Tyre, Ethiopia:
“This man was born there.”
And of Zion they shall say:
“One and all were born in her;
And he who has established her
is the Most High LORD.”
R. God is with us.
They shall note, when the peoples are enrolled:
“This man was born there.”
And all shall sing, in their festive dance:
“My home is within you.”
R. God is with us.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Son of Man came to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
When the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled,
he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,
and he sent messengers ahead of him.
On the way they entered a Samaritan village
to prepare for his reception there,
but they would not welcome him
because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.
When the disciples James and John saw this they asked,
“Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven
to consume them?”
Jesus turned and rebuked them,
and they journeyed to another village.
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