Jesus said to them: “A
prophet is only despised in his own country among
his own relations and in his own house”.
One of the mistakes we easily and often make is
to think that what we see is all there is to see;
what we know is all that there is to know. We do
this about ourselves as well as about those close
to us. There is always so much more to know about
ourselves and certainly about each other. In marriage
and family life, for example, we need to constantly
look for and acknowledge the goodness that is there
and set it free. Our homes should be places of praise
instead of criticism as is so often the case. The
same is true in a parish community. There is so
much richness in every parish that never gets a
chance to come to the surface. This is a week for
letting that happen.
