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"Called to Be Saints"


"Called to Be Saints"  - Romans 1:7





We need to come to realize that every one is called to be a Disciple of Christ. in fact, in the early church. "Saint" was the word used to refer to the believers in Jesus Christ. In The letter of St.Paul & St.Peter & in the book of Acts, Christians are simply addresses as Saints. St. Paul in Writing to the church at Philippi says, "Greet every saint in my name" -Phil 4:21, he voices the conviction of the early Christians: "We are called to be saints" - Rom 1:7


" The Identity of the believer in Jesus is embedded in his Call to be a Saint"


"you shall be Holy" - 1 Peter 1:16: this is what being a saint means -  a person set apart from the world to belong to Jesus. the moment I am baptized into Jesus Christ, I am a new creation, For Jesus Says: "If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world" - Jn 15:19; We are chosen by Christ to be his own. And Christ himself shows us the way to live this belonging. 


Jesus Said, " Abide in Me, and I will Abide in you" - Jn 15:4 ; Deep intimacy is the relationship that Jesus expects with us. St. Paul uses a very special word for this: en christo or in Christ:


I am in Christ & Christ is in me. Everything from me flows into him, all my sorrows & anxieties, my burdens & troubles, my sins & temptations, flow into him. And from Jesus, peace, joy & love into me. this flow of Love is the Holy Spirit. In Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, I Flow to the father. this is the essence of christian life - I in Jesus, & Jesus in me & in the Holy Spirit Jesus constantly taking me to the heavenly Father. this is the relationship we enjoy with the Holy Trinity, when we have this experience, we are taken beyond this world.


the World, which St. John speaks of, is lost under the influence of Sin, he defines : "Sin is lawlessness"  1 Jn 3:4, every sin is a rebellion against our Maker, a rejection of the one we belong to. therefore, when we are united with Jesus & Jesus Is united with us, we live a life in this world but not of this world. Instead of rebellion against God's Will, we will surrender as Mother Mary did, " Here am I, your handmaid; let it be done unto me according to your will" - Luke 1:38,  - This is Saintly Life, this is Authentic Christianity. This saintliness will mould our relationship with god & with our Brothers & sisters. 


let's realize that life is not in receiving as it is is giving, let's Share the very mission of Jesus. Then in our reaching out to our brothers & sisters, especially the needy & the poor, with love in our Hearts, that the righteousness, peace & Joy of the Holy spirit Shall be Ours.


Amen.

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