FATHER'S DAY

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY


Good evening/ morning everyone, I am so happy to welcome you all for today's Holy Mass. Our special welcome to all our parishioners, visitors, and everyone here today.
Let us thank God our Father for bringing us all here to this beautiful church of St. Joseph. Let us thank Him for sending His only Son our lord Jesus Christ to be with us forever. Let us thank Him for showering upon us the gifts of the Holy Spirit every day.
our special welcome to all our visitors today. On behalf of this beautiful church, we would like to wish all our wonderful dedicated and amazing fathers, 'happy father's day'. we also thank God for all our departed and living fathers for their sacrifice and dedication.
Once two sons decided to do something big for their father, so they bought a religious horse and all the dad had to say was Amen and praise the lord. When he would say Amen the horse would stop still and as he would say praise the lord, it would take off, would run like the wind. The dad got so excited and jumped on the horse and the horse right away took off and ran like the wind, so fast and went on a hill. the dad got so frightened and didn't know what to say and when he finally remembered he said, "Amen". The horse stood still on the edge of a cliff and he got relaxed and thanked god saying, "praise the lord". 
thus the dad died and one of the sons who was away that day, came home and asked the brother, "what was our dad's last word". my mom liked this joke. the brother said, our dad didn't have a last word. what do you mean and why did he not have a last word. The brother said, "It's because our mother was with him till the end". 

when my dad died my mom was with him till the end and i asked him, Mom, what was our dad's last word and she said, "love your mom more..."
Jesus our Lord the only son of the Father says, "Which of you, when your child asks for bread, give a stone instead and if he asks for a fish, will you give him a snake?  And you who are so conditioned and evil know how to give good things to your children and imagine how much more the heavenly Father will give to those who ask him, the Holy Spirit. 
The Holy  Bible says, God the Father breathed the breath of life into the nostrils of people and thus life began and as they went away from Him, they lost life and Christ our Lord came to restore life on earth and thus He breathed the breath of life again into humanity. Before going up to the Father, he said to his disciples, breathing on them, "Receive the Holy Spirit". Yes, because of Christ, life was restored.
And today, people are asked to continue that breath of life on earth and thus the man and woman become one flesh to bring life on earth. And man is given a great blessing to become a father to continue God's divine activity of creating life. This spiritual call has high responsibility. Without the help of divine, a man cannot become a dad.
Today the world is filled with fathers and some are worthy to be called dad. it's because of their sacrifice and dedication and it's because of their willingness to go against the current and make their children stronger in every single way. These dads know that only dead fish go with the flow and spiritual people take risk to face challenges.
And today let us thank God for all these wonderful dads who sacrifice so much for their families and children.
Once a dad was getting ready to go to work, noticed one of his sons was using his electric shaver to shave his head and the dad got so mad and said, "What are you doing? don't you have anything better to do? the son said, 'Dad, don't get mad at me and go and see what charlie did. there came another son charlie completely shaved his head. The dad got so upset and said to them, "why are you doing these things to me and what are you trying to prove? the children innocently looked at their dad and said, "Dad, we want to be like you bald".
Children imitate their dad and want to become their dad.  In the holy gospels, when Philip asked Christ saying, "Lord, Master, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied. and what did Christ say? Philip, you are with me until now and how can you ask me to show the Father. Don't you know that the Father and I are one. If you have seen me, you have seen the Father.
And that is why being a dad is a high responsibility, dedication and sacrifice. A dad will never do anything that will make their children weak. He will do everything for the good of his children and that is why he is called "Dad".
Yes, Dad is a hero to his children. They look up to Him and then they become like their dad in doing everything thing. And that is way we say, a good dad is a blessing, god-given. Anyone can father a child but only a good dad can make a change in his children lives.
once a dad looked at his son who was trying to move a heavy rock and said, "Son, are you using all your strength? and are you using all your energy to move that rock? The son who was so exhausted said, "Yes, dad of course, i am using all my strength and then the dad said, "No, son, you are not. you have not asked me yet for help".
once a group of children went to see an ocean first time and upon returning, they were sharing their experience with other children in the school saying, "No one can cross the ocean swimming. It's so huge and so on" then one of the children who never saw an ocean said, "What about my dad. He can do anything". 
the kingdom of God which was so tiny began to grow stronger and stronger, because the disciples asked divine help. They asked the Father to help them and Christ taught them to call God Father, so let us go to the divine father and get enough strength to make this world a beautiful place to live and love. God bless.