Liturgical Colour : Green

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today as we listened to the words of the Scripture passages, all of us are reminded that each one of us have been given the revelation of God’s wonders and His truth, His Good News and the fullness of His love, just as He has done through His prophets and messengers, and ultimately through none other than His own Son, Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the One through Whom God has revealed the fullness of His love and compassion, His care and attention to each and every one of us, His beloved children, whom He has cared and shown attention on every single moments, whether in good or terrible times. God has done so much for us that all of us should be cognisant of His generosity and love, which He has patiently showed us all these while.

In our first reading today, taken from the Book of Exodus, we heard of the moment when Moses was called by God in the land of the Midianites, where he spent his days in exile away from Egypt, where he committed a crime against an Egyptian. Moses was called by God at Mount Horeb, where he went up and saw a miraculous burning bush, where God spoke to him and revealed to him His intentions. God told Moses that he would be sent to the Egyptians and their ruler, the Pharaoh so that He might deliver all of His beloved people from their predicament and slavery, and that God would proclaim His glory and greatness to those who had persecuted and oppressed His chosen ones. Moses listened to the Lord and heard of everything that He would do for the sake of His people, of how He would finally set the things in motion for the salvation and liberation of His beloved ones.

That was therefore how God called Moses to be His servant, and how He would eventually do great deeds amidst His people and among all the Egyptians and many others, who have seen the great might of God displayed in the signs and wonders, and the Ten Great Plagues He sent against the Egyptians, among other great deeds. The Lord revealed to us His love, His patient and compassionate nature, His attention and His great commitment to His beloved ones. And this is what He has also revealed to us through His Son, just as we heard from our Gospel passage today, in which we heard the Lord Jesus speaking to the people and to His followers about how He has been sent into this world to reveal to everyone the love of the Father, and how He, as the Son, revealed the Father’s will and love to all of His beloved people.

As Christians, all of us have received and been entrusted with this same revelation and truth, and we have been called and chosen from among the world to be the receivers and the bearers of God’s great love and truth, His Good News and wonders. That is why, like Moses, all of us have been called to do His will, and to carry out whatever works and to do whatever it is that right in His Presence. All of us are called and entrusted with the gift of our Christian faith and truth, that as those who have believed in these same truths, hopefully we may proclaim them in all of the opportunities that had been provided to us. Each and every one of us are the beacons of God’s light, the bearers of His love and His salvation into this world. It is through us that many others may come to know of the Lord and seek His love and salvation.

Just like Moses had been sent into the land of Egypt to liberate the people of Israel from the slavery to the Egyptians, hence, the Lord Jesus Himself, the Son of God, was sent into our midst so that He might deliver us from the slavery to our many sins and wickedness. And through Him, God established His Church, His Presence and Body in this world, calling upon every one of His beloved children to come to Him and to embrace once again the love which He has always lavished upon them. And all of us as Christians are the members of this same Church and Body of Christ, entrusted with the works of evangelisation and the proclamation of God’s Good News and love, which we should indeed embrace wholeheartedly, in our every day living and in every moments, for it is within our power and reach to touch the lives of many others with the love and truth of God.

The question now therefore is, are we willing to commit ourselves to this calling and ministry? Too often many of us Christians are too focused on our own selfish desires and ambitions, our pursuits in life and many other things that can be serious obstacles in our path, in our journey of faith towards the Lord. That is why today we are all reminded of this calling and mission we have, so that amidst our busy lives, actions and works, and among all the things that we are busy and often preoccupied in seeking, we may remember that in whatever we do, we should do it for the sake of the Lord and out of love and faith in Him. We should not spend so much time in seeking worldly things and all the satisfactions of the flesh. Those things do not last forever, and will not bring us true satisfaction and happiness in life, which God alone can give us.

Brothers and sisters in Christ, that is why today we should discern our path forward in life and consider carefully how we should continue living our lives with faith. We are truly so fortunate that God has given us so many wonderful blessings, and having loved us so generously all these while. Now, let us all consider and discern what we can do, in our own lives and in whatever areas we are working or living in, so that by our actions and works, by our every words and interactions with one another, we will always be exemplary and ever faithful in every one of our way of living. Let us do our best so that more and more people may come to know the Lord through us, and that more may be persuaded to believe in the Lord and His Good News, His salvation and ways. It is through us that God can call more and more of His lost ones to Him, and we should make good use of the opportunities given to us to reach out to our fellow brothers and sisters.

May the Lord continue to help and guide us in our journey in life, and empower each and every one of us so that we may indeed grow ever stronger in our faith and trust in Him, and may He continue to bless us and our many works so that by our ever faithful commitment to Him, we will always be filled with His grace and blessings, His love and compassion, now and always. Amen.