In our meditation today, we see how St. Paul expressed joy
and gladness over the faith of the Church in Ephesus. He prayed for them that
God may give them the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.
He asked God to enlighten their hearts so that they may know the hope to which He
called them, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and the
immeasurable greatness of His power bestowed on those who believe. This is how
we are equipped to live out our Christian identity. These rich spiritual inheritances
were accomplished for us through the working of God’s great might in Jesus
Christ when He raised Him from the dead, and made Him sit at His right hand in
the heavenly places. Thus, the Christian is endowed with such blessing and
power that is above every authority and dominion on earth, for God has put all
things under Christ, “And has made Him the head over all things for the Church,
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.”
As Jesus has dominion over all the earth, so also those who
have been chosen and blessed in Him shall manifest His life to the world. And
it is by faith that we become part of His body, sharing in His life. The joy of
being a Christian majorly comes from my response to what has already been given
to me in faith in Jesus Christ. Therefore, the life a believer should be a
pointer and witness to Jesus, in whom the riches of God’s grace is given. This
is the joyful witness we bear even at the moment of suffering or persecution.
Fr Jude Chinwenwa Nwachukwu, C.Ss.R
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church,
Tedi-Muwo, Ojo, Lagos.
Saturday October 15, 2022.
