The Word Made Flesh

As we continue our week-long meditation on the Incarnation, the Church presents to us St. John, the Beloved Disciple who in the Prologue to his lofty gospel, presents Jesus to us in the philosphical term of Logos,  the Word, spoken by the Father, loved by the Spirit and one with us in the flesh.  That means he not only had a human body, but experienced all that we go through as humans, save sin.  So he suffered malignment and constant attacks as does one of his popular and sincerest followers, Tim Tebow, who seems to be hated by some for his genuine goodness, thought to be impossible in today's world where mediocrity is held as the norm.  There were no cars to break down, but in the poor economy of 1st century Judea, Jesus knew poverty as does one of my former students in Rwanda whose car totally broke down forcing him to have to buy another (second hand), but in April, for I've taught him to save and not buy on credit, or borrow from others (especially me).  He has to WAIT, as most of us do. No doubt the Holy Family had "to go without" until they could pay in cash or had something to barter.  And Jesus knew death, as does every family.  A dear friend of mine this morning reported the sudden death of his youngest brother, a priest, a age 61...just before he was going to celebrate Holy Mass. Joseph's death was not easy to accept, so close was the Holy Family. 
This is the Jesus we know and love, truly one of us.  Let us not fear to approach him with our big or, what we might consider petty,  problems.  He knows them well.
Bro. Rene