Today's first reading, Romans 12: 5-16b, speaks to us about being "one Body in Christ and individually parts of one another." As in our own physical bodies we are many parts and each part needs the other in order to survive and thrive, so, too, the Body of Christ. We all serve a significant part to the healthiness of the one Body of Christ and to the full functioning of the Body according to God's holy will. Members of the one Body of Christ are each given certain gifts/talents to contribute to the wholeness and spiritual well-being of the whole Body. If one member fails to contribute his/her gifts or chooses to "digest poison" in the form of wrongdoing, the entire Body of Christ suffers. Our growth in holiness, in goodness, in love, in humility, in faith, in caring and compassion is effected by the choices each person makes. If any one person makes right choices, the entire Body is enhanced. If any one person make poor choices, those choices diminish the "wealth" of the Body of Christ. We are made poorer or richer spiritually by each other's choices.
What kind of a member of the Body of Christ am I? What kind of choices am I making?
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