Shedding a Little Light

“First he says, ‘Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings, you neither desired nor delighted in.’ These are offered according to the law.” Hebrews 10: 8

Waiting with great expectation…

We have come to the final days of waiting! It is getting exciting! We are waiting for Jesus to get here and make everything better. So, we wait and do nothing so that Jesus will fix everything. Animal sacrifices used to be offered for reparation of sins. This was done according to the old laws. This is not what God wants. The Lord wants us to come with humble hearts and a contrite spirit. In some ways we are still people of the law. We go to church because we have to and not because we want to go. We fear mortal sin and that is what drives us to attend.

But aren’t we the hands and feet of Jesus? We…this community… are the Body of Christ. We cannot wait. We must clothe the naked and feed the poor. We must tend to the sick and comfort the dying. We must work to build the kingdom. God wants us to come to church because we desire to be in communion with God and each other through the Eucharist. The Lord wants us to come worshipping and joyful and grateful for all of His blessings, not out of fear or rules. We need to examine our hearts as we go to Mass and enter in willingly and gladly to give God praise.

Jesus is almost here again this Christmas. He must find us ready, working and loving and doing His will. He must find us and know us because of our constant communion with Him; because of our constant praise of Him; because of our prayerful conversations with Him. When He arrives will He know us? Will He recognize us as His hands and feet? Will He know our voices, because we have spoken often and sung His praise? Will He recognize our faces, because we have visited Him in adoration and Mass and in Holy Eucharist?

I hope you have made the most of this season of waiting. I hope that when Jesus comes, He will know us all, because we have made ourselves ready to meet Him. I hope He finds us standing under the star at the stable and knows that we …

Keep Living in the Light!

Bernie