Let the children come to me

[Feast of the Sto. Niño, January 18, 2015. Isaiah 9:1-6, Ps 98, Eph1:3-6, 15-18,Mark 10:13-16]

This day Pope Francis will be celebrating a mega-Mass in Luneta Park (although every Eucharist is mega!). We pray that his visit to the Philippines and Sri Lanka will bear fruit in us all and that as Pope Francis asks “the focus will be on Christ”! Looking at Christ today in the Gospel, we see the concern of Jesus for the children. They come to receive a blessing but the disciples rebuked them. Can you imagine! When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” Then he embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them.