Romans 1:1-7 / Luke 11:29-32
If people were to ask us, "What do you do as Catholics?" what will our reply be?
Are we going to say: we go for Mass on Sundays, or, we go to Novena on Saturdays, or, we pray the Rosary?
But what do we do essentially as Catholics? What is being Catholic all about?
If St. Paul were to answer that question, his reply could be found in the 1st reading, which is the letter to the Romans.
For St. Paul, it is to proclaim the Good News, and it is about Jesus Christ who rose from the dead, so that in Him, the holiness of God is shown to all peoples.
The Church teaches that all the followers of Christ have the obligation of spreading the faith according to their abilities.
Whatever abilities we may have, we can be witnesses of the faith by living lives of holiness.
Because holiness is the sign and the expression of our faith in the Risen Lord.
By our lives of holiness, we already proclaim our faith.
The fruit of holiness is repentance, and hence we must turn away from sin and turned towards God.
When our lives are turned towards God, others will eventually follow suit.
They need not ask us what we do as Catholics, because they can see who we are as Catholics.