The first reading this morning said “Sing out Heavens and let the earth rejoice. Mountains break forth in song!”
Does everyone know “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?” Can everyone sing it with me?
Twinkle Twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are?
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are?
This song was written many years ago. People would look at the stars and not know what they were. A lot of people were not able to go to school. People could not read. So, they looked at the stars and would say “I wonder what they are?”
People asked the same question about Jesus.
In times when there was no hospitals and few doctors, He healed the sick. People who could not see, he touched them and they could see. People who could not walk, he told to stand up and they walked.
He fed thousands of people with just a few loaves of bread and fishes from a little boys lunch. He did many many amazing things.
People saw all these and thought - Jesus, Jesus how I wonder who you are?
He knew people were asking his question and Jesus asked his friends “who do people say I am?” They had a lot of guesses. Peter answered correctly, “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.”
People did not like this. Especially, the people who thought they knew everything about God. These were the scribes, the Pharisees, and the Priests. They thought they were the only ones who knew what God wanted.
These people asked Jesus, “Who are you to do all these things you do?”
Jesus says “I do nothing on my own, I do the will of the one who sent me. The son does the will of the Father. The Father loves the Son.”
Jesus was telling them he was the Son of God. He was God.
And, they he says, “They should believe in Him.” Because, “You think what you have seen is special, wait you will something greater and be amazed.”
If Jesus is in us, we are something greater and amazing. We love like Jesus. We bring something greater to the world. We do the will of God’s work.
Our dignity, our goodness, our love, and all the gifts we share with others are diamonds for the world to see.
Jesus is the light that shines in each one of us. Twinkle Twinkle little stars. We give thanks to God for all that you are.
Amen
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