Twenty-Seventh Saturday in Ordinary Time

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to the promise.

As Paul said, through our baptism we were clothed with Christ. We are meant to make his virtues our virtues. His goodness, our goodness. His mercy, our mercy. His compassion, our compassion. We are to see with his eyes, hear with his ears, love with his heart, work with his hands, and walk wherever his feet will take us. We are to treat others as he treated them. Not according to their outward appearances, their social status, or their gender, but according to their human dignity. We are to know, love, and serve everyone as he knows, loves, and serves us.

How can we better cloth ourselves in Christ? What can we do to help others feel as if they belong to Christ, too? How can we make ourselves more Christ-like in the way we treat others?

O Lord, clothe us in your love, mercy, and virtues.

Amen.