Reflections of a beloved son

Let us not be too quick to judge. Sometimes what we see may not reflect what is really going on. Our Lord challenged His disciples to not see as man sees but to see as God sees. And, God sees the heart. People come to conversion at the level of the heart. Do not allow what your physical eyes may see prevent you from seeing with the eyes of your heart.

This year we step into a new decade.  We've stepped into the year 2020.  The first thing that came to my mind (and perhaps for many others) when I think of "2020" is 20/20 vision.  So, let us see clearly in this new year.  But much more so than our vision -- let us see clearly through the eyes of faith and the eyes of our hearts. As St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Ephesians, may the eyes of our hearts be "enlightened," and as a result we may know the hope that comes with Christ, the identity that is given to us - sons and daughters of the Father.  May this year be about seeing the truth and not clouding it and not dressing it with anything.  Let us proudly live and proclaim the truth, seeing clearly and inviting others to this perfect vision. Like the gift of vision, we do not and cannot do anything to earn this truth, it is simply given. But whether we choose to accept it and how we use it is up to us.  When Jesus saw a man with a withered han...