1 Tim 3:14-16 / Luke 7:31-35
No family is ever perfect. We argue and even fight with each other and stop talking to each other.
But whatever it is, family is still family, no matter how dysfunctional, and hence must continue to exist as a family.
For better or otherwise, the members of the family are like branches on a tree; we all grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.
If that is so for the family, then it is more so for the Church, which is the family of God, which is reiterated by St. Paul in the 1st reading.
As members of God's family, we should know how to behave, to uphold the truth and keep it safe.
And what is this truth? St. Paul would say that it is the mystery of our faith and it is very deep indeed.
He summarized that truth and that mystery in the person of Jesus, who is the root of the family of the Church.
But the family of the Church is not isolated from the bigger reality of the family of the world.
As we grow and are immersed into the various aspects of the world, we also must not forget our roots - that Jesus is the Vine and we are the branches.
It is our mission to bring the people of our generation to realize that we are truly one family and that we have the same roots.
Let's not be like the children that Jesus portrayed in the gospel who are shouting to one another in the market place.
Let us be the children of Wisdom who will help others realize that we belong to one family in this world.