Despite what we see and what we think, the world is still a good place.
Even though there is the bad, the sad and the ugly, the world still retains its goodness.
And that is because there are people who believe in the goodness in themselves and around them.
These people are like little candles that shines in the midst of the darkness and lights up the goodness of the world.
As Christians, we carry the light of Christ in our hearts, the light that we receive at Baptism.
It is with that light that we light up the goodness in ourselves, the goodness in others and the goodness of the world.
That is our fundamental vocation, and St. Paul, in the 1st reading, implores us to lead a life worth of our vocation.
We do that by bearing with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience.
By doing that, we preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds us together.
Let us continue to keep the light of Christ burning brightly in us.
It is the light that the world wants to see, because it is the light that lights up the goodness in the world, and it is the light that will lead others to see the goodness in themselves.