Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.
It is Paul, or somebody in the name and with the authority of Paul, who is writing to the Ephesians. This is one of the later epistles attributed to Paul.
Judging from the extensive use of the word one, the author must be living in a time of great individualism. If it is one for all, the one is God and the Lord who is “over all, through all and in all.”
Look at all the one’s we share: one Body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one Faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. This one God and Father of all is over each one so that each one makes up an integral part of the whole one.
The one God creates a oneness out of the whole of creation. To some God had given fire, to others, water, to others, animals of sea or sky or land, to others humanness. To the one people God has given some as apostles, evangelists, teachers, parents, different forms of ministry. All these different gifts are not for the individuals who receive them, but for the totality of the oneness of creation. God is one and the differing aspects of God’s creation reflect the unity of this one God.
Not all can be a Matthew and write a gospel, nor a Paul to write letters. Not all can be teachers or marathon runners, or famous people of history. Not all can be in the military, not all can be officers. We all, however, can be ourselves, blooming where God has planted us and reflecting the many different aspects of the one God.
In this way, we build up the body of Christ and grow into the full stature of Christ. We are many, but we are basically one.