Facets of insights
The Holy Spirit does not only provide us the revelation but also bestow unto us the power. It is a living force or power for us to do what God wants us to consummate. Like the experience of the first Christians, we are given the occasion to share similar occurrence. In the same way, we are emboldened to amplify a deeper commitment and supply what is lacking in our vivacity.
For us to become closer to God, it is but practical to relate and commune with each other as Christ taught love for our neighbor and supply the needed compassion. Through the word of God, we could purify the church for us to obtain the needed salvation with us pilgrims constituting the church. Likewise as the church is the source of action, teachings therein should be practical, structural and theological. We need to live out the gospel. Moreover, as families need unity with this being essential, we should develop closeness to God and those within the parish, and bring the same attitude to our homes as we apply the word of God in our daily lives.
We should motivate availability within the neighborhood with which we can share and exchange each of our blessings and impart the word of God to them. Through this, we can help them obtain the needed moral support through extending our compassionate love where through interchange of stories, we become intimate with each other. We need to exist in the context where we can participate in perceiving the concern in the neighborhood and extend sympathy. We need to affirm each other and relay clearly our support comforting whoever is in misery.
In the neighborhood, we need to respect each other and value the existing friendship, generous with each of our resources. We also need to unburden our problems with whoever were those within our reach. We must be aware of what will bring happiness to each other. Meanwhile, in the church, by the inspiration we obtain from the Holy Spirit, we should participate in church activities and do our share in the work of God allowing our presence to be felt.
In spite of different backgrounds with each of us being unique from each other, we should bear in mind that we are all brothers and sisters similar in culture and does not differ much in principles as we commune together in the family of God. We should be aware that each of us shares our part in the church family that God cares for and love. Moreover, as Disciples of Christ, we need to know through the Bible his life as embedded in its contents.
The Lord invites us to follow him and be aware of our role in a growing church. Wherever the presence of Christ is felt, there we should settle. This is an invitation for us to be devotees with us being aware that Mary is the first disciple. We should hear and receive the word of God and allow His will to be vibrant in us just as the reality we discover from the scriptures. If possible, we should be harnessed in a lifestyle based from the word of God or the gospel lifestyle.
The Bible is the manual of our Christian life, and through the word of God, our life can be changed making us good Catholics. It is up for us to multiply God’s blessings by extending our share of generosity to others. In the same way as based from the life of Jesus, we should also imitate how he thinks, speaks, relates that we may grow and bloom like him.
We should live life having constant reflection of the word of God and be not ignorant of the teachings of the church. We should revive our lifestyle not only on the spiritual aspect but also on the whole integral appearance with our deeds being apparent in the society. In the same way, we should be militant pilgrim church, active and at the same time contemplative receptacles of the concern of saving souls.
We should help the church just as Christ offered himself for our sake. He died for us that exist in the neighborhood, of which we can echo this good example through contemplating on the word of God and applying to our lives what we have read. We should participate actively in the church activities. As neighbors, we can gather together and lay our concern for the welfare of the neighborhood. Very often, we should talk about the goodness of God despite the trials we face in life.
Through healthy ties established in the neighborhood, we can relay how we obtain strength from the word of God, and how the gospel changes our life. We should devise a way where we can share the word of God, contemplating daily on the scriptures. We should practice a form of Bible sharing as we struggle in explaining the identity of the Trinity that sustain unity. We also should grow in the love of celebrating the word and sharing the changes that we obtain by frequently attending the mass.
We should connect our faith to our experience, as these two should not be separated as we grow in love of the word. The word of God with all its facets is a precious diamond where it’s many sides give off many wonderful insights and realizations.
