Faith is at work in all

The texts in the Roman Catholic Lectionary today point to the truth that believers are also those who need to review their practice to determine the extent to which they have moved away from lives which evidence and give witness to the relationship they have known with the Divine. Paul points to the manner in which believers were gathering to gratify themselves and establish divisions among those gathered at the Lord’s Supper. Modern Christianity and Christians still wrestle with these same scandals. Luke’s Gospel shows that Jesus invites an intimate healing relationship with a Roman soldier, the occupier, who is attracted by the resonance of his indwelling Spirit to Jesus. Love is the evidence of the action of the Divine relationship in the lives of believers.