HOLY FAMILY SUNDAY 2021

INTRO: I was diagnosed at an early age with poor eyesight.

The eye doctor called it “LAZY EYE” in my right eye. I hated that diagnosis!

There were all kinds of exercises to perform…. And there was a patch to wear!!!

NOT MUCH COULD BE DONE… so I began wearing glasses at an early age ………………….

I was wearing glasses to see well!
AS Christians we are asked to see well…….

We are asked to see CHRIST in our siblings…. all our siblings!

Sometimes it is not easy as we get politically prejudiced and humanly judgmental…even if it is only in our “mind’s eye.”

Families experience sibling turmoil for whatever reasons that sometimes separate them from one another.

Even in marriages sometimes spouses cannot see the good first.

Jesus’s parents were LOOKING FOR HIM as we hear today!

They gave us an example to follow. To look for CHRIST in our family members, our parents, our children. Husbands and wives are asked to respect one another seeing Christ in each other.

Neighbors need to get along as well with people of all races, creeds, and beliefs. We are all made in the image of CHRIST and that should be what we look for FIRST and FOREMOST in all our neighbors.

And what is our “assistance or help” in being able to do just this ALL THE TIME? LOOKING FOR CHRIST in all others?

It comes in the form of bread and wine. It is our Eucharist that we consume to have JESUS affect our lives and what we see!

To have mercy on those:
Who act differently?
Who dress differently?
Who look differently?
Who think differently?

And the list could go on….

Christ wanted unity among ALL people and that can only happen when it begins with each of us starting the trend, starting the movement of peaceful relations by looking at others as if you and I were seeing JESUS.

Happy Holy Family