From today’s reading...
For so many marvels I thank you; a wonder am I, and all your works are wonders. You knew me through and through, my being held no secrets from you, when I was being formed in secret, textured in the depths of the earth.” Psalm 139:14-15
Would we have Elvis without Colonel Tom Parker?
Would we have Mike Tyson without Cus D’Amato and Don King?
Would we have Carrie Underwood without Simon Cowell?
It never hurts to have someone in your corner.
Someone who believes in you.
Someone shouting from the rooftops and on the street corners saying, “Hurry! Hurry! Step right up!” or “Extra! Extra! Read all about it!”
And it’s really nice to have “A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.” (Mark 1:3)
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist, who was the first to recognize Jesus when they were both in the wombs of their mothers, i.e., when they were being formed in secret.
John was the cousin of Jesus, as well as Jesus’s promoter, advocate, and even baptizer.
We could all use a guy like John in our lives, and Jesus can always use us to be a modern-day John in the world today.
Like John, we’ve been wonderfully made to ensure Jesus is not kept secret.
We’ve been formed to cry out in the desert, in the suburbs, and in the plains so everyone knows to prepare a way for the Lord, which is the only way to...
Stay the course.
Keep the faith.
Endure.
Now go sell something.
