Jesus comes as the Messiah, and His mission is to suffer and die, that we might have Life in Him.
In response, it is not enough for us to just have faith and name Him as Messiah. We must show our faith through actions: We must be willing to take up the Cross and follow after Him, knowing the way of suffering leads to Eternal Life. We must be willing along the way to work in meeting the needs of people, as St. James writes in the 2nd reading, to show our faith is real. This is how we are to truly live and, as the Psalmist says, walk before God.
It is good to ponder our commitment to taking up the Cross with these readings today, as tomorrow, September 14, we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, by which Christ is King and we have Life.
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