A Simple Star

 A Simple Star, A Hopeful Star

19 December – The pastoral text of Fr Reuter is this: The Kings followed that star for a long time. And they found God. If you follow that star, even when it seems hopeless, you will find God. Apt image by PureBaby who captions it ‘Pure Joy Is Coming To The World!’ (flickr.com/). It’s a very simple star; it is a very hopeful star; and it is very Filipino. (The Filipinos are hopelessly romantic; they are hopelessly optimistic, and it’s a good thing – I am a Filipino). I say if it’s difficult to follow your star, it must be a complicated star. If it’s difficult to appreciate God, you are either trying too hard by over-intellectualizing or the exact opposite: you are over-spiritualizing. You don’t have to be a king to follow your star, and your star doesn’t have to be king-size to be all worth the pursuit.