Thought of the Day February 4, 2019 We fall short of the glory of God
Because most of us were
infants when we were baptized, we were plunged into the waters of life because
of the faith of our parents and the believing community. Something radically
happened to us by God’s grace. Before Baptism, we were living as the highest
form of life on earth as a creature of God. If we would die in this state of
life we would live in a state of alienation from God in an eternity of
nothingness. But because of Baptism, we became a son or daughter of God,
sharing in his divine life, with the prospect of living with God in glory. We
were filled with the Holy Spirit. We were incorporated into the family of God,
the Church. Through regeneration in the waters of Baptism a new creature
existed.
There was no external
difference to be observed in us before baptism and after baptism. But there was
a radical, internal, relational difference unseen by the human eyes yet known
by the eyes of faith. Truly a miraculous mystery of the grace flowing from the
death of Jesus Christ on the cross. Having been plunged into the death and
resurrection of Jesus, we began a new journey of salvation which will be
completed if we are still living this new life of Christ at the time of our
physical death.
But all of us have
fallen short of the glory of God for we have sinned. Our white garment has been
stained many times. We have chosen other paths than that leading to God. As a
result, we are called, not once but frequently, to plunge into the river of
grace, the river of God’s life, the river of God’s mercy.
(To be continued)
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