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For All, But Not Automatic

 I am back to blogging my Sunday mass experience, and I am happy about it.  I really can't wait to share the message I got in today's homily.  By the way, Father Vincent is back, he is my favorite priest so far.  I remembered attending masses before and I really couldn't bear to understand his homilies because his accent was different. (He is Indian)  But now, he is my favorite. It's as if I got used to it already and I always look forward to hearing his homily because there would always be a phrase or a verse that would strike me.  


       In today's gospel, Jesus said: “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.” -Matthew 20:16

        It made me think where do we really stand in the kingdom of God.  Truly, most of us want to always stay at the backseat because we are too afraid or too shy, we become so nervous that we will be put on the spot in a lot of things, especially when it comes to the exercise of our faith. Many of us are religious in the inside, they are those who are believers and those who have strong faith but are not so proud to let everyone knows about it.  Sometimes, we hide, and we prefer to do our spiritual things alone.  I am not saying that it's a bad thing for sometimes, we also have to have some alone time with our God so we can intimately experience Him more.  But as Christians, there are a lot of opportunities for us to exercise this faith.  We are very fortunate that our country is very open to these exercise of religious freedom. Devotees of different faith are free to act and exercise these freedoms without fear of being persecuted or being condemned  unlike in some other countries. For example, Catholics here have Eucharistic celebrations, Sunday masses, feasts days, liturgical services, bible study, and a lot more things.  These are avenues for the exercise of this faith.

          Do we really find the time to take all these opportunities for us to be able to say that we exercise our faith?  We may have faith but this is nothing if we don't live by it. We have to live our faith so we can find salvation, which is the ultimate goal of our every soul.  That is exactly the reason why Jesus Christ died on the cross --- for all of us to be saved.

     However, in effect, Jesus is telling us that salvation is for all, but it is not automatic. Truly, Jesus died for us, but are we really worthy to be saved? Do we really find the time to take the opportunities given to us in order that we could exercise our faith and ultimately be worthy of salvation?


Location: South East Asia

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