From our earthly to our heavenly image

One liturgical prayer I came across some time ago went this way: “Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we, who have been renewed by paschal remedies, transcending the likeness of our earthly parentage, may be transformed in the image of our heavenly maker.”

- Fr. Roy Cimagala

I found that prayer very meaningful, for, indeed, it is our lifelong endeavor to transform ourselves from simply being our natural selves to becoming the ones God has meant for us --that is, to be like him, sharers of his life and nature.

Again, it’s a tall order, and if seen only with our natural powers, an impossible quest. But we just have to convince ourselves, by activating our faith, that in fact everything has been given to us so that we can be what God wants us to be.