(Listen to this homily here).
Wow, what a fancy bracelet you’re wearing! And you, too…you’re both wearing nice
green jewelry. And you too! What, did you all facebook each other
to wear matching bracelets this morning?
They’re for Totus Tuus! And why green? What does green stand for? Hope. Who are you hoping in? Jesus!
Alright,
and what else have you been learning today? Any special prayers you’ve learned? The
rosary. Cool, and who is the
rosary about? Jesus! Yep, Jesus is
always a right answer here. Jesus
and who else? Mary. There you
go. Check this out [I pull a
rosary out of my pocket]. How many
of you have rosaries in your pockets?
No one?! How about our
adults—kind of a quiz question for you.
You should always have a rosary with you!
Ok,
now to the readings. I confess, I
wouldn’t have chosen these for day one of Totus Tuus, but some pretty important
things happened. First, we had
this guy named Moses do something pretty cool. What did he do?
He led the people through water. Indeed he did! Imagine our seminarian Beau leading you
all to Rainy Lake, hitting the ground with his walking stick and having the
lake separate so you could walk through
it. This is what God did
through Moses.
Or Jesus mentioned a man by the
name of Jonah. Jonah was eaten by
a shark…right? No, it was a whale! Oh yeah, it was a whale. I suppose if Jonah was eaten by a shark
he wouldn’t have been spit back out.
But yes, Jonah was eaten by a whale, stayed in its stomach for three
days and came out again—pretty impressive.
Then there’s king Solomon—one of
the great kings of Israel. He was
reportedly the richest and wisest of all the kings.
But you know what Jesus said? There is something greater here…something
greater than Moses walking on dry land, greater than Jonah and the whale and
greater than Solomon. And who is
that? All together now…Jesus! Yep, we come to Mass to be with Jesus, the greatest in the
world.
As we continue to learn, pray and
have fun at Totus Tuus, let’s always remember that we are about Jesus!
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