Caught Up In Faith

I have just returned from the archdiocese priest convocation, a gathering of all the priests of our archdiocese. We spent three days together in brotherhood; diverse ages, backgrounds, education, experiences, etc., but one local church. Which reminded me strongly that we are all baptised into the one universal church, something that you can easily see in ministry at an international university. We need to recall that we are not members as in a club, but members of a body, the body of Christ. We are called to holiness not just for our own sake but for the sake of that body also. When we are raised up to God we help raise up the church and through the church raise up the world.