The holy family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH 

Good morning/evening everyone. Once reporters asked Pope John xiii, "Holy Father, how many people are working in Vatican?" Pope said, "about half of them"   

Once a baby camel looked so sad and the mother said, "Son, why are you looking sad? You should be proud that your dad was one of them who carried the Magi to Bethlehem". I know my but I want to know why do we have this huge hump on our back. Mom said, "This helps us to store water. Since we live in desert, we will go without water and this hump helps to store water my son. What about our long legs and rounded feet. The mom said, these legs help us to walk in the desert. And what about our long eyelashes. The mom again said, we live in desert and our eyelashes protect us from sand and wind. Then the son looked at his mother and said, "Then why are we living in the cold and snowy Toronto zoo?" 

Once a man was searching for something under a bright halogen light in a parking lot and then his friends came by and said, "What are you looking for". My key. So the friend also joined and the both were looking for the key for long time. Then at one point the friend said, "Where did you lose your key?' He said, "At home". Then why are you looking for here. It's because its brighter here. They say look for God where you lost Him. Some at home, in relationship, at work or in the business and so on. 

And today's feast of the holy family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph help us to find God in everything that we do. 

Joseph, the bible says only one word about Joseph saying he was a just man. He was god-fearing and faith-practicing person. There is a funny story about why Joseph never talks in the bible. Once Joseph went to his mom and said, "Mom, I don't understand Jesus and Mary. They talk about immaculate conception, virgin birth, suffering, death, resurrection, ascension and assumption and so on. You know what Joseph's mom said, "Joey, go home and keep your mouth shut". 

Joseph the foster father of Jesus. He protected his family and he was well aware of the surrounding and thus he was blessed to help Jesus and Mary. 

Mary: about 10 years ago, I called to man to repair a church door and I said, "I am calling from our Lady of Fatima church and he said, wow....just now someone called me from our lady of mount Carmel. How many ladies you have in the church? That was a great opportunity for me to help him to understand the role of blessed lady in the church and said, though she is called with many different names, she is the only one, the mother of god. And I explained the holy rosary and how we are so blessed to have the luminous mystery because of john Paul the second where we meditate the baptism of the Lord. His first miracle and his proclamation of the kingdom of god and transfiguration and holy Eucharist. I explained to him the seven sorrows of the blessed lady and how to meditate on them. I had a chance to answer all his questions about our blessed Lady. He came to the church the very next day and fixed the door that cost about 800 dollars and he said, this is my donation to the church. Then I never saw him again. Five years later, I saw him walking on his knees in Bosnia at Madjugoria. He said he dedicated his life to our lady and is coming to this holy place every year. And I stayed with him three more days and we did more prayers and he inspired me to know more about our lady. Blessed lady was so well aware of what was going on in herself. After saying yes to God, she accepted everything for the sake of Christ our Lord. Every family will be a holy family, when mothers play their spiritual role effectively and thus they help children and family members to find god where they lost him. 

Jesus: they say until 6th month of the pregnancy of John the Baptist,  Elizabeth did not know what was going on with her. There was no movement in her stomach. She was losing hope and she did not know to whom she could go. She thought that the child was dead. She would have a stillborn baby and there came our blessed mother to visit her and then something amazing happened. Because of Christ our Lord the child in her womb leaped for joy. That is our lord Jesus Christ. He continuously gives life and joy. Even at the last moment he brings life to the lifeless and hope to the hopeless.  

Sometimes it is sad when people say that they don't see or experience god. As a child is in mother's womb, the child doesn't believe in the mother but there is an omnipresence of mother, Because of the mother, the child lives, moves and has his or her being and likewise though we don't feel or experience, there is an omnipresence of God and its so important to know God each and everyday. Coming to church should help us to know the presence of God everywhere and thus we will find him where we lost him. Amen.