WE SHOULD FOLLOW AS HE FOLLOWS
We pray for and
work for the realization in ourselves of Jesus Christ demanding ideals.
Saint
Paul warns us that we should not be inflated with pride. We are not to boast
about what God has given to us as a gift. We read that we should follow Paul as
he follows Jesus Christ, for this following is the path to perfection. With our
hearts attuned to Christ, we may understand the psalmist's confidence:
"The Lord keeps all who love Him" (Ps 145:20). We seek the one who
asserts, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the
Father except through Me" (Jn 14:6).
Our
Christian belief is based on the notion that our spirit is something much more
complex, much deeper. We pray for and work for the realization in ourselves of
Jesus Christ demanding ideals. And possibly even more importantly, we need to
put before our heavenly Father our inability to be so forgiving and humble, and
trust in the forgiveness which is, after all, God's specialty; something He
does better than we do.
With
St. Augustine, let us pray: "Joy in truth, joy in Thee, who art
Truth."