"I'm not sure what the theme of my homily today ought to be. Do I want to speak of the miracle of Our Lord's divine transformation? Not really, no. I don't want to talk about His divinity. I'd rather talk about His humanity. I mean, you know, how He lived His life, here on Earth. His kindness, His tolerance... Listen, here's what I think. I think that we can't go around... measuring our goodness by what we don't do. By what we deny ourselves, what we resist, and who we exclude. I think... we've got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create... and who we include."
I just love that last line, "I think... we've got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create... and who we include." In today's day and age, what we do (and by that, I mean our actions), define who we are. If we aren't embracing life to the fullest, working to creating a better world, and loving those around us, than what are we doing? We have to life passionately, with our whole hearts, with every chance we get. And this doesn't have to be a difficult task. It's just simply taking the time to appreciate the things and the people that are right in front of you, and taking care to make sure that they thrive. Whether that means making a phone call to someone you haven't spoken to in a long time, changing career paths, inviting a new neighbor out to lunch, spending time with a friend who needs a listening ear, pursuing your passions even though they seem scary, giving a homeless person a cup of coffee, or helping an elderly woman carry her groceries up the stairs, these are the steps we must take to create a life full of goodness. A life that expresses to others who we are, and exactly what, and who, we are living for.
