In Monday’s reading, we heard Paul telling the Ephesians that the Church is the means by which God shows to the hidden forces of this world the wisdom of God’s plan to reconcile all people to himself through the cross of Christ. The mere existence of the Church demonstrates that Christ has been victorious.

The way you prove that something was a wise plan is to show it working.

So when the Church demonstrates its unity, when the Church rises up to be all the Church it can be, bringing reconciliation, challenging injustice, heralding freedom, proclaiming good news; when we refuse hostility and division, when we treat each other – everyone – as Christian brothers and sisters, then we show to the rulers and authorities the wisdom of God, by being the Church Christ died to create.

Challenge