Do Whatever He Tells You: Family Reflection Video

By: Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C. on March 5th, 2018

Do Whatever He Tells You: Family Reflection Video

The water of the humble Jordan River looked to me like the brown water of an ordinary ditch. No wonder Naaman didn’t want to go in it!

Beginning this 3^rd week of Lent, we witnessed Jesus in yesterday’s Gospel cleansing the temple with words and actions shocking the merchants and religious leaders whom he accused of turning his Father’s House into a den of thieves.

Friends, our hearts and homes are the temples of the Lord today. Has any part of our temple become mired in sin? Has the temple of our heart grown deaf to the simple commands of God because we listen only to other commands?

With your family, discuss how in these remaining weeks of Lent, you can do whatever He tells you to do. How will each of you let him cleanse the temple of your heart? I shared some ideas with you today but maybe you already know what it is you need to do.

I pray you will plunge into these final weeks of Lent so He can remove the leprosy of selfishness and sadness, and renew in you and your family the joy and youth of your heart.

For additional reading: Elisha Cures Naaman’s Leprosy, 2 Kings 5:1-15AB.

About Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C.

Father Wilfred J. Raymond, C.S.C. (Father Willy), a native of Old Town, Maine, is the eighth of 12 children. He joined the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1964 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1971. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Stonehill College in 1967 and a master’s in Theology from the University of Notre Dame in 1971. He served in ministry at Stonehill College (1979-1992), Holy Cross leadership (1994-2000), National Director of Family Theater Productions, Hollywood (2000-2014), and President of Holy Cross Family Ministries (2014-2022). In addition to English, he is conversant in French and Spanish. He remains a diehard fan of the Boston Red Sox, even though he has served as Chaplain for the Los Angeles Dodgers.