We are brought up to be worldly wise. The socialisation we receive helps us to be wise, and usually makes us think: 'What would people think/what would others think.' But this takes us into a track of conformity and when it comes to issues affecting our inner life, or planet life, the conformity comes in the way. We are easily swayed by the opinions.
Here wisdom is to be manifested by the Christian in being able to think 'What would Jesus think, or what does Jesus say in this regard.' (Lk 7:31-35).
It is by such choices that our behaviour becomes befitting to God's family, that is the Church of the living God. St. Paul in his instructions to Timothy (1 Tim 3:14-16) reminds how people ought to behave in the Church. By choosing Christ's position and way in all things, we behave befittingly in the Church, or in other words, we become the Church of the living God!
That is what Andrew Kim Taegon (the first priest of Korean church) and Paul Chong Hasang (lay leader) and their 101 companions did! Giving up their lives to follow Christ. O blessed martyrs of Korea, in our non-threatening freedom to live and practise our faith, may we be courageous enough to make choices after the mind of Jesus, so that we may become truly the Church of God in this beautiful world given to our stewardship!
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