To say that we are Christians and that we believe in Jesus Christ is certainly not an ordinary matter.
Because in the first place, it was God who called us to the faith, and so faith is a gift from God.
We have responded to that faith, and, as the 1st reading puts it, it is in Christ that we were claimed as God’s own children.
We have heard the message of truth and the Good News of salvation, and we are sealed with the Holy Spirit, who will lead us to our eternal inheritance.
But as Christians we don’t go around shouting about who we believe in or questioning others if they believe that Jesus is their Saviour.
In fact, as Catholics, we live rather ordinary lives, and we are quite ordinary people.
Yet, even in the ordinary, something extra-ordinary is happening, something spiritual is happening.
The message of truth and the Good News of salvation is proclaimed by how we live our faith.
With faith, we believe in the power of God’s love in our lives, and that love will be uncovered in how we love and serve others, and they would be able to see Jesus in us.
But we must not let sin and hypocrisy cover up our faith and hide God’s love in us.
God chose us to be His children. As God’s children, let us be firm in faith, live out the truth with love, and show that Jesus is our Saviour even though we may just be living ordinary lives.