St Paul's Letter to the Philippians is filled with Joy, Peace and Hope in Christ. In this weekend’s Second Reading (Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a), St. Paul proclaims, “TO ME LIFE IS CHRIST.” What a powerful and inspirational statement! How do these three words "LIFE IS CHRIST" apply to your own life? They are challenging. Of course, as Christians, our life is to “center on Jesus Christ, our Savior, who died for our sins on the Cross and rose on the third day giving us such a great hope in eternal life.” But in reality, there are so many distractions and difficulties in daily lives that most of us tend to focus on ourselves, and how to resolve our daily challenges alone, forgetting to ask God's help.
Through St Paul's exemplar life, God is inviting us to say, "To me too, like to St Paul, LIFE IS CHRIST.” Last week's second reading (Romans 14:7-9) amplifies this theme, "None of us lives for oneself and no one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord, we are the Lord's. For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.” As we...