Reflection/Homily: Christmas
Day Mass 2013
Theme:
The Restoration of Hope
In a certain kingdom, there
was a very wealthy king. This king was known to be very generous, merciful and
just. He never compromised anything for evil and always maintained his subjects
were disciplined. He was comfortable but his only problem was that he had no
heir to his throne. This caused him so much distress until he adopted a little
boy who grew up as his son and became the heir to the throne. He provided everything
possible to make life comfortable for the heir in the palace. The king made him
little less than himself and gave him the freedom to do everything except to
sit on the king’s throne until he was crowned king. He also ordered all his
servants to obey the prince.
One day while the king was
asleep, some foreign visitors came to see the king and a servant suggested to
the prince to appear as the king and attend to the visitors since he was the
heir to the throne. The prince clothed himself as the king and attended to the
visitors. When the king learnt of this, he was enraged and sent the son away.
He lost the hope of inheriting the kingdom and became sick. As he roamed on the
streets hopelessly, he was taken hostage by some enemies where he suffered
severely. Learning of his miserable condition, the king took pity on him and
sent his chief servant to bring to the son the good news of forgiveness,
deliverance and restoration. Imagine the joy this son would have on seeing the
messenger advance towards him with a message of hope.
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