Day 34: Listen to your calling
19 March, Day 34: Matthew 1:16.18-21.24a I remember my mom telling this story in my childhood. It was about her father who was posted in Iraq as an accountant during the first World War in the early 1900s. He apparently fell in love with a local girl there, and wanted to marry her. However, he had a dream where St.Joseph appeared to him and told to return home to Kerala, India where there was another, a Catholic girl called Mary (my grandmother :)) who was waiting for him, and she was the one who was meant to be. In an age of nearly extinct letters, postcards, 'message in a bottle's - this story always struck me as quaint and whimsical. Also, it paints a little picture of my grandfather, who I know so little of, as I have never met or seen him. This little story came to mind when I read today's verse which is from Mathew 1:16.18-21.24a : Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this chil...