A Blessing to You!!!

The opening line for my homily at the morning Mass was from the commentator in the Loose-Leaf Lectionary, "Be a source of blessing for others." How true that is!!! The examples that we have from Sacred Scripture was the reading from Genesis, where Abram and Lot were able to avoid conflict and live in the land given to them. In the gospel, Jesus tells us to do to others what we would have them do to us. If you want to be treated with kindness, dignity, and respect, then that is how we need to treat others. Sometimes people will say, "They are just getting a taste of their own medicine..." If you are unkind, rude, inconsiderate of others, than you might receive the same treatment. However, we can make a difference in peoples lives. All human beings are created in the image and likeness of God and deserve our total dignity and respect. When we treat others in a dignified and respectful manner, than we can truly be a source of blessing for them. God has blessed us in many ways! Hopefully we can take those blessings and share them with others so they can know what it is like to receive a blessing and in turn, be a blessing to others!!!