those who are humble,like these children.” Jesus laid his hands on them and went away.

Reflection:

“Let the children be!” must ring aloud repeatedly as a command in the conscience of the modern
world for many reasons, starting with the issue of abortion and all the way to the issue of climate
change. The world seems to have the attitude of the disciples in today’s story: children are a
nuisance to the adult world.

One who chooses abortion does so because the baby in the womb,
for whatever reason, has become a hindrance and nuisance to one’s peaceful life. We force-fit
students to a kind of education system that is meant to shape the world after our own desires
and projects. We recklessly use up the resources of the world with no care for its impact on ecology
and thereby leave our children with a world that is nearly impossible to live in.

Jesus laid hands on
children and blessed them. We can also reach out and bless our children by counting in their
interests and future.

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