We are made in the image of God — radiant, intentional, crafted with love. Yet our human condition means we rarely live with the clarity, freedom, and holiness that image reflects. We stumble. We forget. We get tangled in fears, habits, and desires that pull us away from who we were created to be.
Still, God did not place His image in us as a decoration. He placed it as a destiny.
Each of us carries a purpose that only we can fulfill. Not a generic calling, but a particular mission woven into our very being. And while we cannot reach it by sheer effort or perfectionism, we can grow toward it by opening ourselves to the One who formed us. Each response to the Spirit’s whisper leads us closer.
This is why the slow, steady practices matter:
prayer that softens the heart,
silence that clears the noise,
scripture that reorients our vision,
discernment that teaches us to listen.
As we return to these rhythms, the Spirit within us expands. The divine image becomes less obscured. We begin to recognize the path that leads toward our true destiny — not the path of striving for flawlessness, but the path of becoming fully alive in God.
And so each day, when we hear the Gospel proclaimed, we make a humble request:
that whatever has distanced us from Christ be washed away, that the Word we hear becomes the Word that heals.
Through the words of the Gospel
may our sins be wiped away.
Smitten With Goodness 