Liturgical Colour : Green

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, on this day as we listened to the words of the Sacred Scriptures, each and every one of us are reminded of the importance for all of us as Christians to be truly attuned to God and His ways, and to trust in His Wisdom and path, and do whatever we can, in every opportunities and time which we have been given, so that we may always cherish all the truth, love and the wonders that God has shown each and every one of us. All of us should always strive to be faithful to God, and to hold strong and firmly upon all the truth and revelations which He has shown us, the teachings which He has passed down unto us through His Apostles and His Church, right up to this very day, the Wisdom that He has imparted upon all of us.

In our first reading today, taken from the Book of Wisdom, we heard of the revelation of God’s Wisdom, and how His Wisdom has been imparted upon each and every one of us. Through God’s Wisdom, all of us have been given the revelation of truth, and the knowledge of God’s righteousness and the virtues of our Christian faith. However, as the author of the Book of Wisdom mentioned, we cannot be truly filled with God’s Wisdom if our hearts and minds are corrupted by sin, because sin severs our connection with God and turns us away from Him. If we allow sin to lead us in our lives and to corrupt us, then in the end, the Wisdom of God and His truth will have no place in our hearts and minds, and we will likely end up walking down the wrong path, one that may lead us down to damnation.

God’s Wisdom has been freely imparted and given to us, and He has also given us a lot of guidance and help, through His many servants and messengers, through which He has passed unto us the revelation of His love, all that He wants us to know so that we may indeed find our path towards Him, and be fully reconciled once again with Him. God has revealed to us His love and truth so that His light may shine forth and dispel the darkness that engulfed us and kept us from His path, and He has given us His help again and again, so that by the efforts He had made, more and more of us may find our way to Him, and thus, be saved and be gathered once again as His beloved flock, back into His loving presence, no longer separated and severed from Him because of our sins. This is why each and every one of us should always trust in the Wisdom of God and not in our own limited wisdom and understanding.

Then in our Gospel passage today, we heard from the Lord Jesus speaking to His disciples warning them all from doing what is wicked and evil in the sight of God, and from misleading others down the wrong path, as all those wickedness and evils will likely lead to scandals that may cause the faith of those who wavered in faith to weaken, and eventually they themselves will end up in the wrong path as well. The Lord told His disciples and therefore all of us to live our lives worthily, and to do what He Himself has taught His disciples and asked them all to follow and to propagate, which they had indeed done through the Church that the Lord Himself established, and through which He has gathered us all together as one flock, and one holy, beloved and worthy people of God.

The Lord reminded His disciples and followers that they must always be filled with love, compassion and mercy in all of their ways and actions. They have to be forgiving and merciful, and they must not allow their anger and hatred to mislead them down the path of evil and sin. They should always be ready to forgive and to let bygone be bygones, just as the Lord Himself has most generously loved us and forgiven us our many sins, even when we were still sinners and acted in ways that were rebellious and ungrateful towards His love. The Lord has taught us all His path, so that we may follow Him, and have faith in Him. And if only we can have true and genuine faith in Him, then we would have been able to walk righteously in His presence, and do everything that needs to be done for us to follow Him.

Today, as we listened to all these words from the Sacred Scriptures, we are all therefore reminded that we must always strive to put God above all else, resisting the temptations and the pressures, the pull and the allures of sin, of the worldly vices, evils and wickedness, all of which are trying to turn us away from the path of God and His righteousness. We must always remember that as Christians, we cannot be idle in living our lives and our faith, and we have to continue to be good role models, inspirations and strength for one another, in inspiring more and more of our fellow brethren in how we live our lives and in how we do our part as Christians, in ensuring that our actions, words and our whole entire way of life are truly compatible with God’s path.

Now, let us ask ourselves if we have the courage and commitment to do what the Lord has told and commanded us to do, and if we are courageous and committed enough to live our lives worthily in the manner that God Himself has shown and taught us all.

May the Lord continue to bless us with His Wisdom and love, and may He empower each one of us so that by the guidance of His Wisdom and by the strength and perseverance that He has shown us, each one of us may indeed be truly worthy in all of our words, actions and deeds. May all of us be exemplary and inspirational in our every way of life, and may God bless our every good works and efforts, now and always. Amen.