DAILY HOMILIES #actions speak louder than words

Like the son who said I will go but did not eventually go, we fall short of the name “Christian” when our actions contradict our words. Many of us are churchgoers; we pretend to be like Christ, but our minds are far from Christ. We don’t think like Christ, we don’t talk like Christ, and we don’t love our neighbours as Christ did.

When James and John asked for these special seats, Jesus tried to discourage them by asking: “Are you able to drink the chalice that I drink, or to be baptised with the baptism with which I am baptised?” Without asking Him to explain the meaning of the chalice or the baptism, James and John said, “We are able.” As the saying goes, talk is cheap, but actions speak louder than words.

Faith goes beyond expecting all the positive things hoped for and being assured of things not yet seen. Faith is not only what you declare with your lips, but it is also what you do. There is a modern-day crisis of faith among Christians. We claim to believe in God yet we live as if God does not exist. Our actions betray our creed.