What is it that enables us to have eternal life? What is the thing
that will enable us to live forever in the Kingdom of God? For Jesus, it’s
pretty simple. Treat every single person you meet at if they were Jesus Christ.
Whatever you do for God’s people, you do for God. (Mt 25:31-46)
This is easier said than done. In fact, most of us can say this verse from
memory without really even thinking about it. Yet, it’s difficult to see Christ
in every single person. Where is Christ in a man who murders his two little
boys in a fire? Where is Christ in an employer who consciously underpays
employees in order to make more money for him or herself? Where is God in the
person who cuts you off in traffic or who bullies you? Where is God in the
person who treats you as an object rather than with the dignity you deserve?
Where is God in the celebrity of the week who denounces the very existence of
Him? Or worse, the one who believes He exists but mocks Him anyway?
As hard as it is to believe, God is in every single one of these
people. Genesis tells us that we are created in the image and likeness of God.
(Genesis 1:27) Jesus takes this one step
further and tells us that not only are we created in the image of God, but we
must treat each other as the image we are. God loves each one of us deeply,
personally, and passionately. So too,
are we to treat the world around us. It
is really difficult, but that’s where faith in God, our hope in Christ, and the
charity of Holy Spirit that we receive at Baptism and Confirmation comes to the
rescue, if we but let go of ourselves and let Him guide us.
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