July 25, 2024: Feast of St. James

God calls us to follow the way of Christ, which means we suffer and then rise to glory, as Jesus made clear to the disciples when the mother of James and John asked for privileged places for them.

Furthermore, He calls us to live in this spirit of Christ throughout our lives as we seek not to be served, but to serve.

We thus reveal the presence of Christ at work in our world, as God works in us, putting treasures as in jars of clay, common containers.  Even in our sufferings, we persevere because the path leads to the fulfillment of God's purposes.