St. Matthew Catholic Church

Weekly Message     

20. Hope in Home, is Heaven

Dear brothers and sisters,   

      A little girl was once overheard praying, "God, I heard you’re making everything new. Can you start with my family?" It’s a childlike request, but a deeply human one. Christian hope is not wishful thinking - it is rooted in the promise that God is making all things new. Not just in heaven, but starting here and now. Our family is God’s construction zone, starting with us.

     To accomplish this, “it is necessary to undergo many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.” We can’t take away every hardship. But we can encourage, strengthen and build up hope to keep going. Each of us is under construction with a blue print of hope that God has for us. He prepares each of us for that new home.

     The guideline is: “Love one another as Jesus has loved you.” This is the kind of love we learn, practice and live within our family relationships. Only by welcoming, sacrificing, forgiving, never giving up on each other, and cultivating good qualities can a home become a sanctuary, a place where individuals feel safe, loved, and supported. I refer to this as,” Hope lived at home makes our home a heaven on earth." Christian hope will keep the heart both from aching and breaking, from fainting and sinking; because, hope is a beam of God.

     John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, sees “the new heaven and new earth.” We are loved by Jesus. Our love in our home is not passive, but active and as such helps us to experience heaven on earth. The love that we have for each other plants seeds of hope and grows to be Christ himself. God has not finished his work yet. He is at work in each of us - making our home a heaven daily

    Prayers and blessings!

Msgr. Xavier                                        

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