In today's first reading, Ephesians 1: 11-14, we are reminded of the purpose for which we were created, namely "for the praise of [God's] glory." Without exception, we exist to praise, to reveal, to point to and to experience God's glory! Obviously, we praise God by the good works we do or, more accurately, allow God to do through us. We are the hands, the feet, the mouth, the heart of God in this world, going about our work of praising, being and experiencing the glory of God in our fellow men and women who exist for the same exalted reason! It is, not only in each other, but also in the universe that we experience God's glory. Each sunrise and sunset reflect God's glory. The incredible fall colors manifest how glorious our God is! Each season brings forth God's awesome beauty!
In today's responsorial psalm, Psalm 33, the psalmist tells us that the earth is full of the kindness of the Lord. You and I are God's kindness. We exist because of the kindness of the Lord and to reveal God's kindness to all persons! Furthermore, as Paul tells us in the first reading, we have been chosen for God's own inheritance. Just as parents are proud of the inheritance that they are able to give their children, so, too, is God proud to give each one of us to our parents, to each other, to the world itself as His inheritance--an inheritance ransomed from Satan by Jesus' death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead! God is delighted to give us to our parents as royalty, clothed in a robe of salvation, crowned with a crown of righteousness, and with a banner of love over us, shielding us from the "burning heat" that we will encounter during our sojourn here on earth!
Truly, God is proud of His creation of us, His redemption of us and His gift of us to the world in which we exist "for the praise of God's glory!"
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