Acts 18:23-28 / John 16:23-28
When we think of ourselves as just one individual in a world of billions of people, we may think of ourselves as insignificant.
Yet, when we think of ourselves as a person that God has created and put into a specific time and place, then we will realize that we are unique and that nothing happens by coincidence.
In fact everything happens with and for a reason, and with faith we will be able to see that everything happens to put together God's plan.
In the 1st reading, we heard of the appearance of an Alexandrian Jew by the name of Apollos.
What was his background we were not told. And later on he would move on and there will no mention of him again.
Yet, his being there at that particular time had an impact on the missionary work of the early Church and he would be in the forefront of the proclamation of the Good News.
Yes, by the grace of God, Apollo helped the believers considerably by the energetic way he preached about Jesus Christ.
Similarly for us, we too must realize that we walk this way but once. And along this way, God's grace is poured onto us so that our earthly existence can have a spiritual significance.
As Jesus urged us in the gospel, let us ask God our Father for this grace to see the significance of our existence.
We exist for the glory of God; and the glory of God is man fully alive. May we be alive with the grace of God and bring that grace into the world.