GOSPEL ROUND By Aaron Ipisani: Christmas Joy. So, as Alphonsus Liguori taught, we live our Christian lives in such a way that our lives are a gift back to God, love in return for love received. How do we show God how much we love Him in return for His love for us? With our lives.
Our lives are 'gold', 'frankincense' and myrrh'. We value the gift of ourselves, the gift of 'self' we have from God, that we are created in God's image in our hearts because we are spiritual beings. And through prayer and action, we slowly purify our hearts, as raw gold ore is refined to produce pure gold. So we become more and more Christ_like as we were intended to be.
Our lives are 'frakincense' because in our prayer, our love for God and our action, in our worship, our lives become fragrant offering, praising God. We become a 'praise-of-God'.
And finally, true love requires putting others first and dying to self. As we die to ourselves, to our selfishness and our pride, we become 'myrrh.'
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