CHRIST PULSATES IN US
Children are spiritual teachers, for they know how to approach the Kingdom of God and accept it as our heavenly Father
intends to offer it.
God loves the little children He has created!
Today, with the Gospel as our source of reflection, we can't help but to think
about children and God's Kingdom. What does Jesus Christ say to the grown-ups?
"Let the children come to Me" (Mk 10:14). We can all ponder deeply on
Jesus' words. To Christ, children are spiritual teachers, for they know how to
approach the Kingdom
of God and accept it as
our heavenly Father intends to offer it. In fact, unless we come to understand
what it is about children that God, in Christ Jesus, considers so important,
and unless we willingly adopt that childlike something, we will not enter the Kingdom of God.
We need to remind ourselves that we are all called
to do God's work right now, which is that of building up His Kingdom. We need
to serve others! Our reception of the Eucharist confirms that the awesome
responsibilities we have - to our families, those around us, and our own selves
- are supported by our union with Jesus Christ. We are not alone in this huge
task! In the Responsorial Psalm we acclaim, "O Lord, to You I call; hasten
to me; hearken to my voice when I cry upon You" (Ps 141:1). Our heavenly
Father is just towards His children - those who accept His Word keep His
covenant.
In the first reading from the Letter of St. James,
we hear his reference to the Anointing of the Sick, one of the seven Sacraments
in the Catholic Church. This particular passage, however, is really about
prayers offered in the name of the Lord and rooted in the faith of the
community. There is nothing magical or guaranteed here. Some make a distinction
between healing and curing, indicating that healing is about the inner person
whereas curing is about the body. James' Letter is praying for both!