I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
In a little while the world will no longer see me,
but you will see me, because I live and you will live.
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father
and you are in me and I in you. John 14
So while the world - those who have no faith nor understanding of who Jesus is - may dismiss him as only a historical character who lived over 2,000 years ago, we have Jesus' presence with us and in a little while we will be with him again.
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father
and you are in me and I in you.
In the meantime what shall we do? We must show our love by doing our best to follow his guidance and direction.
Whoever has my commandments and observes them
is the one who loves me.
And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father,
and I will love him and reveal myself to him.
So, indeed, life is only a little while. It seems astonishingly short to those who have lived a long life; so long to little children. Just a little while between our birth and our coming into the fullness of our Christian identity, as we continue to honestly and sincerely follow in his way.
Photograph by Brother Brian. Excerpts from this morning's homily by Father Aquinas.