Br. Hoang Nguyen, O.P., reflects on the second reading for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Romans 12:1-2.

As Christians we are often swimming upstream against the culture of the world. The Mind of Christ, which St. Paul in Romans encourages us all to have, helps us to see what in the world needs to change. But what about the good that is in the world?

St. Paul calls us to reflect on all that is good and pleasing and perfect and to make it our own. There is much in the world which we Christians have taken and incorporated into our faith. Cultural traditions and expressions which find their fullness in Christ and His Church. Can we put on the Mind of Christ and see and discern all that is good, and pleasing, and perfect?

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