Blog Post 2/26/2022 - Homily Cycle II – 2/25/2020 OLPH School Mass – Relationships

 

Homily Cycle II – 2/25/2020 OLPH School Mass – Relationships

Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022522.cfm

This morning we take time to pray for our Ukrainian brothers and sisters, asking God to bring an end to the war in the Ukraine.

Hail Mary …

Our readings today remind us to focus on our Relationships.  There are many Relationships in life, among of the most important are: God, married couples, parents and siblings.  From these we learn how to encourage each other to be the best person we can be.  St. Francis de Sales put it this way, “Be who you are and be that well, to give honor to the Master Craftsman whose handiwork you are.”

 Reflect on this Story – “What Goes Up Must Come Down”

A little boy was out in his backyard, throwing a ball up in the air.  An adult passed by and asked the boy what he was doing.  He replied, “I am playing a game of catch with God.  I throw the ball up in the air and he throws it back.” [Sermons.com {John Thomas Randolph, The Best Gift, CSS Publishing Company, Inc.}]

One might say it is a scientific fact that the ball will come back down, but it is also, a fact that the little boy has a relationship with God.  Our Human Relationships either help grow closer to God or keep us further away from God.

Lent starts next Wednesday, and I suggest you take some time to thank the Lord for your relationship with God.

 

In a special way our 8^th graders who this past Wednesday were anointed and sealed with holy chrism and received the sacrament of Confirmation and our second graders who made their 1^st Reconciliation/Penance a few weeks ago can thank God for their sacramental gift.  Their Relationship with God was strengthened, and so can our Relationship with God by playing catch with Him every day, i.e., praying.

A good marriage is based on caring and loving communication, so is good parenting, really so is any good Relationship and so it is with God and That is what prayer is all about.

 

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, intercede for us.

May God Be Praised and your day be Blessed.

St. Irenaeus, ask God to help the Ukrainians.

And with St. Francis de Sales let us remember, "We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God."