Brothers and Sisters,

Today’s Gospel reemphasizes this fact. Jesus says that our heavenly Father knows even the number of hairs on our head. In God’s eyes we have a worth and value beyond counting. He loves us with an infinite love. He loves and values us so much that he sent his only Son to save us from sin.

It is important then, that we treat one another in the same way that our Father has treated us. It’s important that we convey to others the same message he has conveyed to us: that we are valuable and lovable beyond all counting. If we treat others in a way less than this, we convey to them a lie, a terrible lie. We tell them they are not valuable or lovable. By doing so, we destroy their ability to love as scripture teaches them. For if we give them the idea that they are worthless and unlovable, they will not be able to give themselves in love to another.

Today’s Gospel speaks an important message to us. It says that we are valuable and lovable. God himself has told us so. It is up to us to speak the same message of love to one another, especially the young. Their future well-being, not only in the world but also in the world to come, depends on it.

Let’s remember the words of Jesus when he said: “I love you just as the Father loves me… I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete… This, then, is what I command you: LOVE ONE ANOTHER.”

God Bless,
Deacon Del