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**December 11th, 2014 Gospel **
Jesus said to the crowds: “Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force. All the prophets and the law prophesied up to the time of John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, the one who is to come. Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
 * Matthew 11: 11-15 **

In Matthew Chapter 11, Verses 11-15. Jesus is saying to the crowds that John the Baptist is the Greatest so far that God has sent down. He is saying that heaven has suffered violence, but the greater one is coming and will make it all better. Jesus say that if you are willing to accept the idea that a greater one is coming then you better listen to Elijah when he comes because he will be telling all about this greater one.
 * Summary **

**Reflection** Jesus is teaching patience in this gospel. He is showing us that even if we are in violence, despair, or in need of help that there will be something greater coming. Maybe it could be an opportunity or a choice, but in order to make thing better you have to listen and be all ears. Sometimes we do not have patience we just can not stand the way we are sitting there doing nothing and he have to keep moving. For example we are sitting at a red light on Hillsborough and we can not wait any longer so we go around the car in front of us and decide to make a left turn to take a shortcut, but the left turn lane just turned red and the other lane you moved from turned green. If you would have waited just a little long you would have been on your way by now, but know you have to wait. " <span style="background-color: #fcfae7; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller

People can live out the message of this gospel by just being patience in general. Showing that you care for people and there time is probably very important to them and helps you with lifelong decisions in the future. Helping you with lifelong decisions can determine your future, having patience in these choices is very important. You need to live out this message in life because it is possibly one of the most important virtues you could have, and it could one day determine your future. People can live this out virtue by just waiting it is as easy as that. Waiting and seeing what their future will hold.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear God, help us to have patience in our lives. Help us to live out this important virtue. To just wait and see, and if we are in trouble guide us in the right path to wait for something better. Lead us to a life of patience because as we all know it moves pretty fast and if we don't stop and stare we could miss it. In your name we pray, Amen.
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