God is calling us to be like Christ

Today, I went for morning mass at St John Paul Church in the suburb of Willetton just across the main street from where we are staying. Don't know what came over me but I was feeling alittle lost in the direction that my life was taking. In church during mass, I kept asking God what is it that he is asking of me...

Our previous Lenten session with Father Trevor came to mind. The Gospel of Luke 9: 28-36 which spoke of the transfiguration of Christ is a beautiful reminder for us to be like Christ. This is our calling and we should never lose sight of it. God is always calling us to be like Christ.

The second reading of last Sunday's celebration also came to mind. St Paul's letter to the Philippians 3: 17 - 4:1 spoke of Paul's time in prison and his words of encouragement to the Phillippians. His letter really gives us strength to perserve and remain faithful to Christ. I thought of our late pope John Paul II, how he struggled through his illness but constantly seeked to glorify God in all his endeavours.

I am encouraged and pray that I would be able to keep my eyes on God and remain faithful, to constantly remind myself to imitate Christ in all the I do.