“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”  This week the readings remind us that we do not have to do big things.  We can be content to just believe a little bit.  And we can trust that that will be enough. The Psalmist says, “If today you hear your voice, harden not your heart.”  Instead of worrying about tomorrow, we just need to keep an open, supple heart today.  We don’t have to worry that we will have the right disposition next week.  We just need to have the right disposition today.  Just keep an open mind today.  And do not get too far ahead of yourself but just take one day at a time.  Today.  

This is the Jubilee Year of Hope, decreed by Pope Francis last December.  And one of the things that gives me hope is that even though we can feel small and vulnerable, especially in these challenging times of persecution for immigrants, I feel like God is with us. For God has throughout history always taken up the side of the least, the small, the vulnerable.  And it has always been people with just a little bit of faith who have stood their ground and believed.  And as a result, they have done great things.  We see that in the story of Mary, who believed in the promise of the Angel Gabriel.  She was able to hear God’s voice that day;  she didn’t harden her heart.  She believed.  And she gave birth to Jesus, our Savior.  From the small came greatness.

And Juan Diego believed in the words of an image of a Lady, and he took the roses in his tilma to the bishop, who had no reason to believe him.  But that day Juan Diego was able to hear God’s voice;  he did not harden his heart.  And upon delivering the roses, lo and behold, a great miracle took place, and now Our Lady of Guadalupe is one of the most powerful and revered images in our faith.

This Sunday we will do something small:  we will walk in procession together from our church to the cathedral, and we will knock on the Holy Door.  We will pray for our immigrant brothers and sisters.  May our small act result in something significant in the eyes of God.

In honor of the Jubilee of Migrants, we are having a second collection in support of our immigrant brothers and sisters who are affected by immigration enforcement, such as detentions or deportations.
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