UNITED DESPITE DIVERSITY
Catholic Homily / Sunday Reflection 4th Sunday of Easter(C) April 25, 2010 Diversity is a fact of earthly life. The whole ecological system around which life on planet earth revolves, is based on healthy diversity. Without diversity and natural differences, the world would be a drab, dreary, uninteresting, and monotonous place. Why, a symphony would never merit being called as such if there were only one musical instrument playing one single melodic line in perfect unison and colorless uniformity! As is true for everything in this world, there is merit in diversity. There is beauty in a healthy mélange of different attributes, traits, and textures. This is also where the beauty of what we believers refer to as the Church lies. This is the foundation of the glorious splendor of the multi-faceted mosaic that is the Church made up of different peoples, races, colors, and nations. This is the beauty of the “miraculous catch of 153 fishes” of last week’s gosp...