In today’s first reading, Ephesians 3: 2-12, St. Paul speaks
about the “mystery of Christ” made known, first, to the “Apostles and holy prophets by the
Spirit,” and then to the Gentiles, that is to each of us. We are “coheirs,
members of the same Body, and co-partners in the promise in Christ Jesus through
the Gospel.” In baptism, each of us has
become “a minister by the gift of God’s grace.” God’s power, the power of the
Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit, were poured forth upon us in baptism,
confirmation, Eucharist, Reconciliation, and all of the sacraments. The grace
given to each one of us is unique so that you and I are capable of fulfilling
the purpose for which God created us. We are his possession, placed here to
accomplish God’s will for us: to make the world a better place, to communicate God’s
love, mercy and forgiveness, first to ourselves so that we can pass those gifts
of God onto others by living an authentic, holy, purposeful life. We are to be disseminating “the inscrutable riches
of Christ” to others in our families, our religious communities, our workplaces,
and in all of our relationships. We are to “bring to light for all what is the
plan of the mystery hidden from ages past in God who created all things, so
that the manifold wisdom of God might now be known…”
What am I making known? Am I making God known or (insert your name)
known? Am I communicating God’s love for those with whom I live and work and
pray and play? Or am I a source of positive or negative energy; that is, am I dampening
spirits, demeaning others, making fun of others, humiliating others, bringing
others down to the level of ugliness that ungodly behaviors spew forth from sin
within me? Or am I disseminating the
good, the beautiful, that which is
sanctifying and purifying, that which brings hope and radiates love: powers
that reside in the core of my being where I am one with God and God with me? Am
I bringing light or darkness into the world in which I live? The choices are
mine to make!
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