Whenever we sing the hymn "They will know we are Christians," I wonder whether we are fully aware of what we are singing. Sometimes we sing without realising the meaning or implications of the song. We get carried away with the melody, but do we mean what we sing?
In today's reading, we are reminded that "Faith is like that: if good works do not go with it, it is quite dead." Also, the reading tells us that "A body dies when it is separated from the spirit, and in the same way faith is dead if it is separated from good deeds." We say that we have faith; we believe in God; we recite the creed every Sunday; we call ourselves Christians; but is our faith merely words? Is our faith all talk but no or little action? Let us show our faith by the way we behave; the way we live; the way we love others, regardless of who they are or whether they are our family, friends, or even those who are against us; then only would people "know we are Christians by our love."
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