The Holy Family

This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family - without question the most unique family the world has ever seen. 

Because of the two-thousand-year time gap between the birth of Jesus and our time, it's often difficult to grasp the reality of what happened. It's so far removed from our experience that it's easy to believe that the stories are just that - stories, legends, myths. And yet, these people were real, just as real as we are. They had lives to live, hopes and dreams for their future, and for the future of their nation. But when God revealed His plan for them and asked them to be a part of it, they said 'yes' - and all those hopes and dreams they had for their lives were turned upside down. Everything changed when they said that 'yes' to God - they had to do things they didn't want to do and go to places they didn't want to go to and live in a way they'd never even dreamed of.....

It seems that this is always the way of it - agreeing to be part of God's plan requires a commitment that will always cost us something - no, everything - just as it cost Him everything.