- A slave of Christ Jesus
- One called to be an Apostle, that is given the grace of apostleship
- One set apart for the Gospel of God
- One who is to bring about the obedience of faith among the Gentiles for the sake of Jesus' name
Who am I? Who are you? In one of the Gospels, Jesus says that He no longer calls us slaves but friends because He has shared everything with us that the Father had given to Him. We are persons called to servant-hood as well as called to a relationship with the Most High, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, God Himself. What a noble vocation!. What a graced relationship! By our servant-hood and our friendship with Jesus, we, like Paul, are commissioned to bring about the obedience of faith in others whom we encounter in life.
As we pray in the responsorial psalm, Psalm 98, of today's liturgy, "The Lord has made known his salvation" to us through the Gospels and those who preach the Gospels to us in word or in deed. We, in turn, by our calling to be God's servants and friends, make the Lord's salvation known to ourselves as well as to others. All of this is possible because of the wondrous things God the Father has done through His Son, Jesus, whose "right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm. The Lord has made his salvation known: in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice."
Lord, I think you for the wondrous things you have done and are doing in the lives of each of us! Thank you for making your salvation known to me every single day of the year, in good times as well as in bad times, in every season of my life! Thank you for the call to be your servant and your friend. Thank you for setting me apart and consecrating me to you in my baptism, confirming that gift in the sacrament of Confirmation and through any other sacrament that I am privileged to receive through your love for me. I offer this thanksgiving to you through Your Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
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