I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the family… my family now, the family I will have in the future (God-willing, of course)… and the families I know now… How does God manifest in our families? How does He fill our homes?
As I walked up towards the Altar to receive the Holy Eucharist, I could not help but smile at what I saw. Jacob, the son of one of the leaders in the Community, was walking in line on his own (because his parents were singing in the choir) just to receive a blessing from the Priest. What possesses a child of only 5 or 6 years to know when to go up to receive the blessing in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist?
Then there’s Francis, the son of our Area CFC Youth CC’s, who subconsciously begins to sing LIVELOUD songs as soon as he hears them. And when we worship, he sings the songs with us, or hums it like a record on repeat afterwards.
It is all the works of the Holy Spirit! This is why the mission in CFC truly affirms me! “Families in the Holy Spirit renewing the face of the earth.” Our families don’t need to stay broken. In the Holy Spirit, we mend the brokenness in the love of Christ. Children (even all children of God) learn by example, and the children of our leaders truly reveal this. It is through moments like this that I am given hope – hope in the mission, and hope that such holiness can grow so deeply in a family… And it is in moments like this that I can see that there is no limit to holiness.
There is no limit to how holy someone can be…
There is no limit to where that holiness grows and roots itself…
There is no limit on how old one needs to be to be holy…
I can even see this in my family. It began with worshipping together as a family prayer, and now we’re praying the Rosary every night, and sometimes, we go on “Adoration dates” together, no matter how late it is! And I hope all of this is something I can bring into a bigger family – the Community of CFC Youth… and maybe my own family one day!
In time… in His time…
All I know is that from the moment we came into existence, there began a similar call in each and every one of us… a call to holiness, and it is in this holiness that faith, hope, and love grows. Thank you, Lord… for a Community that shows us that all of this is possible…
Thank you, Lord… for hope.. in holiness…