Our faith should involve our entire life

OUR faith should not just be an assent to some religious
truths. It should be an act of our entire being. Better yet, it should
be a commitment that involves our whole selves. It should be shown in
every action of our lives. As Christ himself said: “Whoever
acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my
Father in heaven.” (Mt 10,32)

            Our faith should not be held hostage by our personal
experiences alone. We have to understand that it goes beyond the
bounds of our reasoning and experience. It requires an act of belief
in someone who will not deceive us nor be deceived by us. Definitely
this will involve humility and docility to whatever Christ taught us.

            To be sure, such understanding of faith is not fanaticism.
It respects our humanity, but does more to it. It will purify and
elevate our humanity to the supernatural order from where we came and
to where we are meant to go.

            We should try to avoid the predicament of the doubting
Thomas who wanted to see the wounds of Christ first before believing
believe in the risen Lord. We should not be afraid or ashamed to
express our faith publicly.

            We should reach that point where we always believe in
Christ who promised that “if you have faith the size of a mustard
seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it
will move. And nothing will be impossible to you.” (Mt 17,20)

            If we consistently live by faith, we can manage to make
Christ present among ourselves. We would not simply be involved in
some intellectual discussion about Christ. More than this, we would be
able to plant the seed of Christ’s love in everyone and spread the
saving truth about ourselves.

            Lest we forget, we need to remember that Christ, who is
the Way, the Truth and the Life for us, who is our Savior, wants to be
with us, but through us. And that can only happen if we correspond to
the gift of faith that he himself gives us abundantly.

            We have to be more aware of our duty to take care of our
faith. It should so inspire our whole life that we cannot help but
give constant testimony of it. It should be shown in the way we carry
out our profession or job, fulfill our civic duties, practice all our
rights, and handle and resolve our daily problems and challenges.

            It should be shown in the way we develop and keep our
relationships with others. Our faith should always show the face of
Christian love that goes all the way to suffer for others, just as
Christ suffered death for all of us.

            We can imitate the faith of Mary and Joseph who simply
said yes to whatever was told them by the divine messengers. Such
faith will bring us to a global and objective understanding of things,
and enable us to participate actively in the ongoing providence of God
over his creation.