In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
“Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who
walk according to the example you have in us.”
St. Paul exhorts the faithful congregation in Philippi in this way to
follow the pattern of the Christian life which He has taught them,
and which they have learned by the example of the apostle and others
leading them in the Faith.
He says “Join in imitating me”.
That is, literally, “become my fellow imitators”. St. Paul
exhorts the Philippians to imitate not just him, but with him to
imitate our Lord Christ. For who is Paul? An apostle, called by God,
yes. But Paul is just a man, like you and like any other man on
earth. He is a sinner, with faults and failings, evil desires and
inability to keep even the smallest of the Law's demands.
