1 Kings 21:17-29
Psalm 50(51):3-6,11,16
Matthew 5:43-48
STRIVE TO DO YOUR BEST AT ALL TIMES AND KEEP ON IMPROVING ALONG THE WAY OF PERFECTION
Jesus tells us at the end of today’s gospel, ‘Be perfect just as your Heavenly Father is perfect. (Matt. 5:48).
The way to happiness for many of us, is the pursuit of pleasures and luxury of this world but the right way is the way of holiness (Jesus Christ is THE WAY); the way of genuine sacrificial love, that is, laying down one life for the sake of others.
The perfect person does good through love. (Clement of Alexandria). Christ laid down his life for our sake, so that we too may lay down our lives for the sake of others.
By his wounds, we are healed and by his death and Resurrection, we who are dead to sin have been saved and raised to new life.
Thus, we are made perfect through the greatest act of love; He was raised back to life so that we too can raise others from zero to hope. In other words,
Therefore, let us make the works of our hands and our deeds perfect through selfless, unconditional, and undying love. To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. (Winston Churchill).
May we always strive to give our best efforts in everything we do? Amen.
Always strive to DO your BEST.
Fr Joseph Osho