Please read the passage before the homily:
Paul says that Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him s righteousness. Paul also reckoned the unity and cohesiveness of the Scriptures, that despite the centuries they cover and the differences of people who wrote down, God is eventually the one who guarantees their unity. Therefore, Paul can assert that that was said about Abraham’s righteousness was also said about the righteousness of the God has raised Jesus the Lord from death.
Jesus was handed over for our transgressions. In other words, because were transgressors, Jesus was handed over. Jesus, however, was also raised up for our justification. In other words, in order to justify us and stop us from being transgressors, Jesus was raised from the dead. Those who believe in the God who raised Lord Jesus, therefore, are now justified, that is, made just and holy.
Paul writes to the Church at Rome. Paul taught publicly the value of belief over external actions such as circumcision, is advertising to the Romans the need for belief, not circumcision, to attain God’s promises. Paul very powerfully asserts to the Roman that they have a firm place among those who believe in the Lord Jesus. It is belief in God, not in external things such as circumcision that counts. It is God’s promise to Abraham that credits us, not what we do or have done.
Like the Romans, we live in a world that does not always recognize the place of God or of Jesus the Lord. Like the Romans, we are called to believe in the Lord Jesus, the one raised by God from the dead. Like the Romans, we are called to live this new life in Christ Jesus risen from the dead.