We shall come to him and make our home with him
Over the past 24 hrs we have made our home in a neighboring island with Sandee’s close friends. They are a wonderful married couple with over 60 years of happy marriage. Now in their senior years they are facing health challenges.
At home with them, I reflected on this week’s Gospel John 14: 15-26 ‘If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make our home with him.’
Because of Sandee’s love we came and made our home with them. The time spent at their home was truly life giving for all of us. We shared a wonderful moonlight dinner overlooking the sea, in the distance. Sandee and the wife went late into the night chatting while the two men retired after a ‘nightcap.’
The love shared over meals and vulnerable conversations deepened our relationships. I thought of the similarities with Our Lord Jesus Christ. We engage with him in the meal of the Mass and converse with him in prayer. And through these acts we deepen our relationship with the Trinity.
To allow someone to make their home with us is an act of love, a leap of faith and to trust and hope that all will go well. We are allowing the person to actively participate and to see what goes on in the privacy of the home. They are consulted and asked their views in the daily running of the home.
It is the same when we allow the Trinity to make His home with us. I believe it starts with being aware of His presence. This awareness causes us to physically make the home a place suitable to His presence, the furnishings, the images, the daily routine are structured with His comfort in mind. We make quality time to engage in deep conversations. We have meals together.
In this week’s Gospel Jesus is offering to bring His family, the Trinity, to come and make His home with us. Are we open to this offer? If so what changes do we have to make to accommodate Him? I invite you join me today to welcome the Trinity into our homes.
Thank you, Deacon
Although I welcome the Trinity into my home, I find that it is not always a joyful and comfortable event .
By allowing the Trinity into my home, I surrender control of my home to Him, and that sometimes feels scary and destabilizing.
The change feels sometimes too much, but day passes and I realize it’s all for good.
It’s kinda like when your wife tells you to get rid of that old pair of shoes that was comfortable to you, but looks shabby and rundown .
You fight with her because you want to stay close to what feels known and comfortable. But once you get rid of that old pair of shoes and buy a new one, you realize it’s all for good.