Every product will have the content or ingredients on its packaging and label, and where it is manufactured. Have you ever wondered what you are made of? I am not talking about your genetic makeup, but you as a person. Who made you and whom do you belong? I am not talking about your biological parents either. Our answer will be based on our identity, on how we define ourselves. As believers in Christ, we belong to Christ, we are made in Christ, and are inseparable from Him. He is our identity; we are moulded in Christ. So, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being (2 Cor 5:17).

How can a wretched mortal ever say that they have within themselves the hope of glory, the same glory that belongs to God alone? Humanly, it is impossible, but in Christ, all things are possible. God so loved us that He dwells within us, and through His sanctifying grace, we are made holy and are able to share in the hope of glory with others. Therefore, every believer has a mission to share the hope of glory which dwells within them, through their union with Christ.

Christ in you, the hope of glory, these are the words of St Paul in his letter to the Colossians, and it is for you and all who read and believe. Hope is a theological virtue, our hope in God, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us (Romans 5:5).  We need hope when there is despair, just as a sick person needs medicine. Hope is infused by God within us to stir us out of despair and gaze upon Christ, our Saviour. Likewise, Christ working within us is a hope of glory for those who have not yet been brought to the knowledge of the truth in Christ.

Without Christ, there is no hope, in this world of despair. Christ’s light shines through His people. He wants you to be the beacon of light in this world. He wants your eyes to bring hope to the hopeless, your words to comfort the broken-hearted, your touch to bring healing. There is nothing in this world that is sustainable. Our mortal bodies perish day by day; when we leave, we are not going to take anything out of this world. When we stand before God on that day, we will be justified by our faith in Christ, and the love and mercy we have shown others in this world. Therefore, let our priority be to focus on what is eternal, for everything else is not lasting. “We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.”  – St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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