With Us

 

I subscribe to The Cavalier Chronicle, and every week on Page 7 is their homily. The homily for 12/11/2024 is the following and the title of this homily is: He Looks Like His Daddy. Here is the short homily, which I will comment on: “Sweet baby Jesus would grow up to show God’s power at work.”

 

My response: I love that turn of phrase that Jesus would grow up to show God’s power at work, which he did splendidly. Just imagine if each child could maverize, and similarly—if on a much more modest scale—grow up to show God’s power at work.

 

Homily: “His strength would defeat death, the enemy we all share.”

 

My response: Jesus, being half-human and half-divinity, had spiritually good power and love to conquer death and evil and hate, and to replace it with life, goodness, and love in this world and the next. If we play our cards right, we may see heaven and life after death. It may be eternal life but at least it will be long immortal life.

 

Homily: “The future of the special baby had been announced years before.

 

Hear those words this week in church: “God is with us. Matthew 1:18-25.”

 

My response: I can think of no greater comfort available to people than the realization that God is with us, but we have to invite God into our lives and heart, first, for God to enter, because, though God is very, very powerful, De respects the individuality of each soul, who must invite God in voluntarily, or it will not happen.