One of the meditations I reflected
upon today stated “The world is under the bondage of sin and evil” (Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, p. 153). In today’s first reading, 1
Peter 2: 2-5, 9-12, St. Peter says “you are
a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people of [God’s] own, so that you may announce the praises s of
[God] who called you out of darkness into [God’s] wonderful light.” One
statement describes why we needed redemption and the other the effect of redemption!
O, the greatness, the generosity and the
mercy of our God, as described by Peter: “Once you were no people but now you are
God’s people; you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy.”
Being God’s people, Peter invites
us to “long for pure spiritual milk so that through it [we] may grow into
salvation…” May we grow into the
salvation that is ours: being “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of {God’s] own.” Yes, we will, in fact, grow “out of darkness into {God’s] wonderful
light.” We might not realize that God is
always at work in the world, transforming its darkness into light, its
sinfulness and evil into holiness and
goodness anymore than persons watching the crucifixion of Jesus on the cross
realized that the world was being freed from its bondage to sin and evil or
that the Crucified Jesus truly was the One sent by God to save us, not condemn
us.
As we listen to the news every night and are
fed “food” poisoned by ways in which people are “under the bondage of sin and
evil” may we thirst and hunger more and more for God’s righteousness, for “pure
spiritual milk” that St. Peter talks about in today’s first reading! May we also, at times when we are faced with
this world’s sinfulness, recall Jesus’ words: “Be not afraid. I have conquered
the world.” Jesus, who resides within
us, will conquer the world of evil that we face and or experience within or
with-out ourselves.
This is my belief! What is yours?
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