29 Aug 2015
Memorial of the Passion of St John
the Baptist
“Aspire to live a tranquil life,” St Paul says. Of course, the world in the 1st
Century A.D. wasn’t exactly kind to our Christian ancestors. And we remember the beheading of John the
Baptist. There was—and there still is—a difficult
task before us as followers of Christ: to aspire to live a tranquil life in
Christ while, at the same time, being true to our God even if it brings us
grief and hardship.
And the danger is, perhaps, to get sidelined by the
difficulties of trying to be a good Catholic Christian in today’s world. You know, when we have physical pains, those
pains can kind of stand out like a sore thumb; they draw a lot of attention to
themselves and they can distract us from being peaceful at heart.
But no matter the troubles we face in trying to live a
virtuous life in an “unvirtuous,” and even anti-Catholic, anti-Christian world
today . . . no matter the irritations and pains we may feel in trying to be
true to our God, we remember St Paul encouraging words: “Aspire to live a
tranquil life."
No matter the hardships, aspire to live a tranquil life in
Christ . . . because it is the peace of Christ that will carry us through.
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