Christ
is Risen! Alleluia!
In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
In the children's movie “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, as
Rudolf wanders across the frozen wasteland of the North Pole trying
to find his niche in life, he stumbles onto the Island of Misfit
Toys. There, he encounters such characters as Charlie-in-the-box, the
Spotted Elephant, a bird-fish, a train with square wheels, and a toy
gun that shoots grape jelly. All these toys have been gathered up by
King Moonracer because they have been cast off as misfits, as those
who do not fit in or have a place among the ranks of normal toys.
Until Rudolf shows up on their island, these toys are condemned to
spend their days in the sad company of one another, unloved and
unwanted by the boys and girls of the world.
Much like those odd and sad toys, you are misfits. Sure, you may look
and feel normal on the outside, but inside, you are strange, weird,
unacceptable. You do not fit in with the “normal” people, whoever
they are. Like shoving a square peg in a round hole, you may struggle
and struggle to fit in, but you will always be a misfit. And so you
will be stuck on your own misfit island, until someone comes to
rescue you.
