Read: Acts 14: 19-28
When I was having meal in a Rice Bowl Restaurant with my wife, just opposite our table I saw a young boy wearing T-Shirt and a cross round his neck and before meal he made a sign of the cross to pray. I immediately recognized he is a catholic. I felt happy that such young boy dared to express his faith in a public place. The Acts of the Apostles (14:19-28) mentioned above tells us how Saint Paul expressed his faith without any fear or afraid. He was stoned by the Jews when he was preaching the Good News, and even he was dragged out of the town and left him half-dead. It’s scary, right! But Paul was unceasingly preaching the Good News to everyone and even he dared to say: “We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God.” Why did Paul dare to preach though a lot of troubles even he had to sacrifice his life? Because we know well that in the past Paul was Saul, he hated Jesus Christ and his followers, and tried to persecute them, but after he met the Risen Lord Jesus Christ on his way to Damascus, he converted to be the disciple of Jesus Christ. He preached the Gospel everywhere in the whole Asia Minor and crossed to Rome. Why did Paul dare to preach that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world? The answer is because of FAITH. Faith is a totally surrender to God and let God’s will be done in our day-to-day life. It is what happened in Saint Paul after believing in Jesus Christ. He wholeheartedly surredered to God, to be an instrument of the Kingdom of God. As a student of Saint Peter, whatever your faith is, let make our faith be really fruitful, which can be seen in our good attitudes, our effective learning style and habit, respect to others properly, etc.
Let us pray: OUR FATHER, HAIL MARY, GLORY.