21 Dec 2017
(School Mass)
First, let me say what a wonderful job you all did yesterday
at the Christmas Program! It was a great
performance, and you obviously put a lot of work into it. So you can be very proud of yourselves. And, you know, that’s only because the music
and the story were great, it’s also because you were sharing Jesus with other
people.
Everybody had a part to play in the Christmas Program; and
everybody has a part to play in sharing Jesus with others. Some parts are big, some parts are small—but each
one of them is important. It makes me
think of the story of how Jesus came to be born; there are lots of characters!:
Mary, Joseph, the Archangel Gabriel, Zechariah, Elizabeth, John the Baptist
(even the unborn have a role to play), the Prophet Isaiah, shepherds, the
choirs of angels, King Herod, the sheep, the cows, the owls…pretty much all of
creation!
When it comes to sharing Jesus, we all have a part to play—doesn’t
matter how young or old we are. Some of
us are quiet, and we like to think a lot.
Some of us are really loud, and we like to talk a lot. Some of us are creative and artists; some are
good at sports and showing good sportsmanship.
Some of us are really good at showing kindness to others; and some of us
are really good at just being in awe of God’s wonders and being an example to
others.
We all have a part to play in sharing Jesus with others. We all have a part to play in making the
Christmas story come true—not just on Christmas Day, but on every day of the
year! And whenever we share Jesus with
others, we know he’s very proud of us.
So the Christmas Program is over for this year…but sharing
Jesus with others? Well, that never
ends. And we each have a part to play in
making sure that Christmas never ends.
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