Go tell John

This Sunday's Gospel Reading is one of my all-time favorites.  It's the "Go tell John..." reading.

Read it here.  Today is one of those more challenging Catholic parenting days.  What would you do?

My husband and I have already gone to Mass this weekend. We fulfilled our Sunday obligation yesterday at a vigil Mass at the Cathedral. This morning my husband went to RCIA with a friend who is discerning  membership into the Church.  So here I am warm and cozy, just finished breakfast with my boys and.... to go to Mass, or stay home?

We are going to Mass. I'm kind of stoked to hear this reading again, and get another priest's homily. 

And to end with a joke. Yesterday the priest told this joke during the homily:

"A Jewish man sent his son to Israel to learn and observe the culture when he returned he was disappointed to find that his son had become a Christian.  He immediately went to his friend and told him his story 'I sent my son to Israel and he became a Christian, what should I do?' his friend said 'Funny you should ask, I too sent my son to Israel and he came back a Christian, let us go ask the Rabi'. So they went to the Rabi and told him 'We sent our sons to Israel and the both came back Christians, what should we do?' The Rabi said, 'Funny you should ask, I too sent my son to Israel and he came back a Christian, let us pray to God for an answer'. As they prayed to God a voice came down from the heavens and said 'Funny you should ask, I too sent my son to Israel and he came back a Christian,'

Happy Advent!