Advent is at its peak. It is right that we try to realize what God is asking of us. Even if we have our plans, and ideas about our life, with the passage of time and experience we often realize how good it is that we believe in God. It is difficult for a person to say at certain times: this is the will of God.
St. Joseph and the Virgin Mary also had their plans. But God also had a plan with them in the history of our salvation. They, too, were expecting the Messiah. We can learn true and living faith from them. In the test by which God tested them, they passed honorably.
Likewise, nowadays, it is difficult not only for young people but also for others to accept extraordinary things from God. These include not only the sacrifice of one’s own life but also the secret of the conception of the Lord Jesus, and the place and role of St. Joseph in this secret. Joseph and Mary do not mindlessly accept the role that God asks of them. They don’t stop being free people. Both faithfully fulfill the will of God. The mystery of God’s love became the object of their whole life. It is a challenge and a reminder for each of us. God has assigned a mission to everyone here on earth. God rightly expects from each of us our conscious and free consent to fulfill God’s will.
It is right that in individual events, duties, and tasks of life, relationships, and attitudes we remember how St. Josef was in my place. Even near the holidays of peace and love, St. Josef for us is a call to reflection, reflection, and a concrete Christian life. We must fulfill the will of God just as faithfully.
Let’s imagine that someone has large windows in their apartment. However, no light gets into the apartment because the windows are covered by expensive, beautiful, modern curtains. We know that these curtains will not bring joy, health, and well-being to the apartment, but illness, larger windows for lighting the apartment, and dissatisfaction.
Today, we realize that true Christmas joy is not caused by expensive gifts, a Christmas table, and Christmas music, but by a clear conscience, an effort to live more in our faith, and the desire to sacrifice ourselves to our dearest ones.
The story of a person who traveled a part of the world can teach us. Until then, a man walked only on dry roads until he stopped at the shore of the sea, which he had not seen until then. The view of the sea fascinated him. He asked: -Who are you? – I am the sea. -What is the sea? – That means me. – No matter how hard I try, I can’t understand it. -Touch me. And the little salt man carefully put his foot in the water. He felt that something was wrong with his leg. When he took his foot out of the water, he found that he had no foot. -What did the sea do to itself?! Look, I don’t have a foot! – To understand me correctly, you have to sacrifice something for me, – answered the sea. And so the little man from the salt in the water became smaller and smaller, but the better he felt that he understood more and more what the sea is.
We are all the work of God. Only when we fully fulfill the will of God will we know what we did not know before. And that will be our reward. It is right when we can live the holidays of the Nativity the way our King, Ruler, God wants it.
