See through Love lens

The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today on the memorial of Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, patron of immigrants invite us to change the lens with which we assess the people in our lives. Paul writes to Philemon to encourage him to view his runaway slave Onesimus in a different light as he has become a Christian and brother to Paul. Friar Jude Winkler notes that Paul reminds the reader about his own conversion to faith in Christ as a consequence of his encounter with Paul. Marty Kalkowski is inspired to seek a new lens for the day to day relationships in his family. The saint of the day is credited with enormous work on behalf of Italian immigrants to America who were not always seen by the people of their adopted home with open and generous hearts. Our struggle with the dominant culture will bring difficulty and rejection. Jesus is aware in the Gospel from Luke that His teaching and acts of gracious Love will bring severe consequences at the hands of those who cannot change the lens with which they view the world. People then and now seem to seek to prepare to pass the test of the second coming by knowing the day in advance and maybe cramming goodness on the day before. Jesus advises that looking through the lens of Love will reveal how we can experience our brother and sisterhood with Jesus and the people in our lives today.