Religious faith
is a confidence or trust in God. It is
part of our holy covenant with him that obliges us to obedience, loyalty and
faithfulness because of his love for us.
In that covenant he makes us his holy peoples. Our salvation through the cross and
Resurrection of Christ brings us new life because of God’s enduring love and
mercy for us. We turn and can firmly
say, Jesus I trust in you.
St. Stephen
is a witness in our first reading to our shared faith. He is our brother in Christ. He bears witness to the Resurrection and
faith in God. Although the simpler path
would be to deny God, to not incur the wrath of the Sanhedrin, Stephen upholds
the Truth.
In the
Gospel Jesus reminds us that we ought to “not work for food that perishes but for the food that
endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.” In other words, be nourished with heavenly
food that sustains and nourishes you, and will lead you to everlasting
life. The only things we need to do is
believe in him, that is Jesus Christ, whom the Father sends.
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