For Human Beings, being filled with desires is how we all live our lives.  Where we often run into trouble, is where that desire points to, because we often yearn only for the things that we can see with our eyes!  We desire certain foods, more money, more possessions, other human beings (which can be both a good and a bad thing).  We tend to want only the things that we can touch, taste, smell, hear, or feel, which makes desiring to be with God often difficult to do. 

…Jesus did not perform these miracles to simply relieve suffering or to draw attention to Himself.  All His miracles acted as road signs, pointing to God the Father and His unfathomable love for His fallen creation... 

The image and likeness of God is placed upon every human being from their very beginning, and this is why hearing news (like what happened in New York) strikes a Christian to their core, because to deliberately destroy the image and likeness of unborn children, is to destroy God Himself.  This is something that our souls simply cannot understand. 

This short homily was given by Fr. Raphael Biernacki of blessed memory, over the loss of a child who went to the open arms of our Lord during delivery. It was adapted and read during our parish’s annual memorial service for all unborn infants on Sanctity of Life Sunday.

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”   Imagine the enormity of that statement!  God comes to us in the flesh, the Trinity is made manifest, and then Christ comes out and tells us that the only appropriate response to all of these incredible things, is to change the orientation of our lives…and repent.