Recognize holiness

More than once in the Gospels Jesus asks the leaders of the people to look beyond language to the witness of his life. When Jesus was asked "If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly," he answered, "I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name testify to me" (John 10:24-25). When John the Baptizer's followers pressed the same question, Jesus replied: "Go back and tell John what you see and hear" (Matthew 11:4). Jesus pushes us to look at our life. Proclamations of faith matter little compared with the presence or absence of truth and justice and love in our daily living. May we seek to live lives where people can recognize holiness. To this we are called.