Mary's Birthday

Did you know that it was Mary's birthday on Tuesday?  I do not know how old she is or how they know the exact date but still it was her birthday this week in the Church calendar. 

In honour of the great day, a friend posted on Facebook the following.
"Jesus, Mary and Joseph were migrants forced to leave home fleeing  into Egypt.  Happy birthday today, Mother Mary.  We know you know what it is like to be a migrant with a young child, no job, new language and the many daily challenges migrants face." 

How true!  Especially in the same week when Europe is being forced to face the reality of a refugee crisis due to wars in the Middle East.  One will poignantly recall the image that so graphically summed up the whole tragedy - that of a little boy lying dead on a beach. 

It is a time that makes us all think what it means to be part of humanity.  Would Jesus, Mary and Joseph be part of David Cameron's so called swarms or fall under the unwanted category of the Hungarian PM?  Like Jesus, Mary and Joseph, refugees today are human beings seeking safety and a life.  They are only seeking what any of us would want in our lives - a life with basic dignity and basic human rights.  They are not criminals nor evil people.  I do wonder at times what it is that our world does not get about these people in their plight.  It is not rocket science.