Christ is Born!
My grandfather spent many years as a draftsman working to design our highways. Years later my father would work with the construction crews which would actually level the ground and imprint the road not only on the map, but on the earth itself. My biggest contribution is using those highways to drive across the country. My journeys across the country would have been impossible without them! A lot of work had gone into establishing those roads.
The people who John was ministering to in our reading today asked him an important question: “What must we do?” They are asking how, practically speaking, the road is established through which they come to the Lord and He comes to them. What is the answer he gives? To give to the needy. To share food with the hungry. To clothe the naked.
Brothers and sisters, allow this new year to be one where you rediscover the beauty of the corporal acts of mercy. Let us go out to meet the Lord by caring for Him in our neighbors!
