Inspirations at your Fingertips!

Saturday after Epiphany John 3:22-30 As we are about to conclude the Christmas Season, let us imitate John the Baptist whose life points to Jesus.  He said, "He must increase while I must decrease."  This is the essence of Christian life.   In the first reading, St. John wrote, "We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them." This describes the person whose life is totally attuned to the presence of God. What does it take for a Christian to increase in Christ?  A Christian:  1. is concerned with the spiritual and wholistic wellbeing of others; he  or she treats others as one's  own; 2. follows Christ; an Alter-Christus in the world doing Christ's work, not one's own; 3. pure as Christ; nothing evil can harm him / her.

Alter Christus John 3:31-36 Eventually, the goal of ever Eucharist is to make us "Alter Christus" or another Christ.  This can only be attained if we desire to be close to Christ and follow his will unreservedly rather than our own.  This is the conviction of Peter, "Better to follow God rather than man." We need to be fully convinced why God's will is better than ours.  It brings about social order.  God's will is for the common good.  It brings about development.  But most of all, it causes our salvation when we adhere to God's will unlike our first parents who disobeyed God.  Jesus leads us to the new creation of the Father.