“God shows his love for us”

In the last six and a half years in the parish, two questions asked by our young people have really stood out to me.  The first of these questions came from a ten-year old who asked, “I know we all have our own vocation but is there a vocation that we all share?”

That question was easy to answer: we all share in the great vocation, the great commandment to love.  Each one of us was created out of love, by the God of love, so that we might love God and love each other.

But the second question came last week from a young teenager.  She asked, “Please could you do a homily on How to have a relationship with Jesus?”  What a wonderful question.  I have been thinking all week of how to answer.

Normally, a homily arises from the Holy Scripture chosen by the Church.  This week, I decided to make an exception and do a homily on the above title and then look to see how the Bible readings might support the homily.

So, rather than give away the homily in advance, I will ask you the same question: how do you have a relationship with Jesus?  Or I could change this to: do you have a relationship with Jesus?  And then I could ask: what is this relationship like?  Is it easy or difficult?  Is it going well?  Is it changing and developing?

I do hope that the homily will address some of these questions and that you will come up with ideas of your own.  

God bless, Fr Kevin.