He took Jesus and Mary wherever this voice called him. As we continue to dwell on the Incarnation, we are asked to dwell on the image of family life and to reflect on the beauty of life. Nothing is sadder than to see people who have lost hope and an appreciation of everything around them. There is so much around us today that makes us feel like victims, that makes us feel the world is not what it s supposed to be. We may feel things are out of control.
Fear is the absence of love, the absence of grace.
When we re in a disposition of recognizing the beauty, the goodness of things, we re in the place of abundance, the place of love. The opposite of love is fear. The opposite of living in the peace of the kingdom of God is living in this place of anxiety and worry. As we reflect upon the feast of the Holy Family, let us simply trust in the family that God has created, this community you and I are living in. When we see it as privilege to be here, we see it as filled with secrets and good places to go.