16 Feb 2017
(School Mass)
We hear today the famous story about Noah and the rainbow in
the sky. When it rains, and God showers
down his blessings on us, there’s the rainbow in the sky. And the rainbow is a reminder of the promise
God made; the promise to love all of creation and all people everywhere. That promise is what we call a covenant. And a covenant is something that binds two
people together; it’s like spiritual glue.
Now, when a husband and wife get married, they put a ring on
each other’s fingers. Well, those rings
are a sign of the spiritual covenant they have with each other. The rings tell them (and everybody else)
that, “I made a promise to love my spouse for the rest of my life.” So, rings are the sign of a promise;
especially, the promise to love.
And God gives us other signs too, besides the rainbow, as
reminders of the covenant between him and us.
Holy water is a sign. It’s a
reminder of our baptism, when God became an eternal friend to each one of
us. And we dip our fingers into the holy
water and make the Sign of the Cross.
Well, the Cross is another sign of the promise between God and us—that God
would love us, and we would love God.
And the biggest sign we have of God’s covenant with us is the
Eucharist—the Body and Blood of Jesus. It’s
the ultimate sign of God’s promise that he will love us always. It’s even more beautiful than the rainbow in
the sky. And, you know, one of the most
beautiful things we can do is to receive the Eucharist, and to say in our
hearts, “I promise to love you too, God.”
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