Meditation/Sermon/Homily for Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 1st September 2023
Meditation/Sermon/Homily for Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 1st September 2023 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8. Psalm 97:1,2b,5-6,10,11-12. Matthew 25:1-13. St. Paul tells us in the first reading, "For this is the will of God, your sanctification" (1 Thess.4:3). Jesus puts it this way, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matt.5:48). This is what we have been called to as Christians, a holy life. The holiness of life is not about doing extraordinary things but doing ordinary things in an extraordinary manner. A saint is one who accomplishes fully what the will of God is for him/her, which is love of God and love of all creatures. We must not merely accept God's will passively. We must activate it fully in our daily lives. God's perfection is infinite. We shall never attain it, but we must strive to be as perfect as possible. In this world, we have to always aim at perfection. We can never say at any time of our life that we have attained it and ...