Sometimes we just need a bit of a reminder that, even though
life has its challenges, the hope of the Gospel isn’t about this life. The hope
of the Gospel is in the life that God has planned for us, living with Him in
heaven. Saint Paul knew this. He knew the true struggle of every Christian
especially in a world that at the time was much less tolerant of Christians
that today’s world. Eve depended on her understanding of the benefit of eating
the apple rather than on God, and we know what happened to Eve? Saint Paul is
trying to remind us, “The transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.” The
Church, through the entire life it presents to us, is trying to help us depend
upon God rather than ourselves, and that takes endurance. It won’t be easy.
That much we know, but it is worth the struggle.
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