Listen to the homily here.
Notes:
Notes:
This weekend I would like to share some thoughts for
our election
· I actually
already wrote the bulletin article for next weekend, but as I pray I think this
is a good time
I
have heard many thoughts of our election in which President Elect Donald J.
Trump
· We
have a whole spectrum: some are pumped up…some are scared…some are in
fine
· But I think there is at least
one word for each person: shocked
This
is where I would like to remind about our Catholic and Christian faith
Jesus
Christ is our king
· Several
weeks before I quoted a faithful athlete and I will quote it again: “[President] Obama can’t save us. Ms.
Clinton can’t save us. Mr. Trump
can’t save us. The only one Who
can save the heart of man is the Lord.”
· He
already won the game
· He
already destroyed evil
· He
forgives sins, offers grace and mercy and love
We have two types of citizenships
· One is we live in an awesome
country “...one Nation, under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all."
· But the more important citizenship is in God’s Kingdom
o Both on earth (around the whole world)
and in heaven
o Psalm 98: “The Lord comes to rule the
earth with justice.”
· The citizenship
for our country is temporary…God’s Kingdom is here and in eternity
I
think it is good to have a perspective of our world
· We should see the forest
through history, rather than just one tree, or one branch, or one leaf
o Jesus
was predicting that the Jewish Temple would eventually end—and it did in 70ad
o Roman
Empire—in for centuries, then done
o Holy
Roman Empire—in for centuries, then done
o But
we continue to grow!
No
matter what happened in our political, leadership, local or national areas
through this election
· We must
walk with each other as Catholics and Christians
· Show love for each other
· Have candor conversations
But here is a great question to pray, discern and think
about: how much time do we speak about
Jesus Christ versus this election?
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