First, let’s review the great news from last week. What happened? [New pope!] And what is his name?
[Francis!] Where is he
from? [Argentina.]
Next, excellent work to our lector
this morning. Some of our adults
would be afraid to say “Nebuchadnezzar, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego” in
public!
The
basic theme of the first reading was choosing God before everything else. Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue that
was made that all the Israelites were supposed to worship. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego chose
God over worshiping a false god.
Now
I bet you wouldn’t worship a golden statue if someone told you to. You know that we are to love God before
something so silly. Yet, think
about this—what does the NBA trophy look like? NFL? NHL? And think of how the players treat this
trophy, kissing, hugging and nearly bowing down to it.
What
else in our society are we tempted to put before God? Fame, fortune, possessions, food, technology to name a
few. We are to place God before
each of these, including our very lives.
We
are blessed to have a new Holy Father, and should follow his witness of
holiness and service. Over
everything else, Pope Francis is a modern day Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
who places God before everything else.
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