extra mile extra mile it's the 1970s his name is Allan and Allan is raised on the Virgin Islands he is um a he actually has a sister his mom is a musician she is a Dancer his dad is a musician of sorts Al will tell you he's a musician at his own bar and grill I greasy spoon but at the end of the day they do okay but if you were to asked Al about this life he would tell you it's tumultuous it's ups and it's Downs it's lefts and it's right it's rarely ever just kind of plateaued and as a result of it man by the age of two Alan's life is already upside down his parents are divorced he's got to move to Virgin Island he lives with his grandparents and then by the age of I guess maybe 10 or 12 Allan's World takes yet another turn all be it for the worst he moves to Miami to go to school stay with his dad his grandfather passes out he close to him and then if that's not bad enough his dad is killed in a robbery a home robbery man Allen's world upside down and all of a sudden he's in high school there's not enough peer pressure already as a result he's decided you know if I go into drama and the drama club and what have you the theater I can HDE I can be a great player I can be a great spokesperson I can be an oror I can be position I can hide my wounds because I'm playing the part he does so good at it that juli actually gives him a scholarship now he'll tell you I don't tell you that it was the greatest semester of his life when he remembers he didn't know he had to go to class he's expelled by the end of the first semester he's back on his heels and he's decided that man I just I've got to do something if I just go that extra step I go that extra mile he said his dad used to tell him that as SM too you just never saw it need need to play out so as a result of such he goes to Broadway does a couple bit place he does pretty good and as a result of it he gets a bit part in a show called Kennedy then he gets a bit part in show called back to humor and then he gets another show called I think was called The Hulk as a result of it people started to recognize it so get more popular got a little more money in his purse as a result man's decided that man this is okay and then man tragedy hits out it again man his his mom passes and then if it's not bad enough not long after his sister is murdered his dad remarriage and his half brother and half sister they get killed in a b acet the school by accident man he is upside down he doesn't know whether he should go active it's drugs it's alcohol it's wine women it's all and then he remembers what his mom and dad told him it's that extra m just go the extra step as a result he talks with someone who says you know maybe if you went to prison and listen to that guy's apology about your mom taking her life who give you a chance to start a Liv our brother and sister in Christ he turns his life around he becomes probably one of the best better actors of our day man Adam leaves from that and next thing you know his world is different he's been dry and sober now for quite some time as a result of it man he's in he's in movies like X-Men he's in The Expendables he actually did a comedy it was absolutely excellent It's called Down Periscope if you ever see it man I got to tell you it's very cute and then all of a sudden man he's in Toy Story he does the voice over for stinky Peete he's in The Simpsons he plays I think he plays one of the voiceovers for Bob but then all of a sudden he gets his big break he gets to be part of a show about a bar in Boston he gets a few cameo of course you know the big starts nor but man when he gets there he starts doing his thing pretty soon he's more of a regular he sits at the n Bar opposite from Norm he's a psychiatrist psychologist if you will then he gets his own show he's got a brother named n he lives with his dad you know him it's crazy oh because he took that extra step yeah you know it it's Kelsey gr my brother sister Christ it's all about the extra step that is exact that gospel is about the blind man is standing before our good Lord and he's told go the extra M take that extra step and go to the pool of salom and watch he walks he extra mile and he's pure you can now see now scop you're a first century Jew you know scripture like the back of your hand Brothers and Sisters in Christ you know automatically when you see the good Lord spit as if you and I were standing there you see him spitt to the ground you would think Genesis God created man from the ground ground Adam Adam meaning ground the good Lord spit into the ground and formed the man so now that he's spitting into the ground and you see him Tak it and making clay and putting in on his eyes remember what the good Lord said at the well with the lady did you remember that he said I'm to living water and anybody that drinks as me will have eternal life the same God that spit the ground batt the same that that just spit on the ground and cure the man that is blind my brothers and sisters in Christ you know what's amazing the pul ofon is it down the street it's at the southern part of Jerusalem it was started by King Hezekiah it's kind of like a a storage bent of water but it's it's it's quite large but to get to it it's no small task can you imagine a blind man walking down the street leading people who can see if you will so that they can now see spiritually that must have been something to behold my brothers and sisters in Christ when they get to the pool of salon and he washes and he sees because he was sent remember what the good Lord said I sent my son into the world in other words brother sister Christ man for a Jew this is all starting to come back into Play My Brothers and Sisters in Christ remember too that this is where the sacrament of baptism begins think about it for a second go and wash remember now the Jews told me you were born in sin original sin my brothers and sisters in Christ remember original sin is often times explained as a as a stain on our soul that's not a bad way of putting it but it also could be an absence in other words that the soul is not totally complete and by you and I getting baptized then all of a sudden that sin is removed in other words the soul is made complete you no longer are blind you now can see you've been made complete a foretelling of the sacrament to come not an acceptance of Jesus Christ as often times is promoted because back in matter day that's confirmation you confirm what your parents said that I do believe in holy mother church and I do believe that the Blessed Mother is ever virgin oh yes my brother and sister in Christ it's the removal of original sin now you and I live in the day we've watched this take place we also now live today 2,000 years later we've been given the benefit of being in both worlds secularly it's interesting to note did you know that the song Amazing Grace I was blind and now I see it's where it came from my brother sister in Christ you know they criticize the man because this was done on the Sabbath or more importantly they criticized Christ but here's the IR my brother and sister in Christ as a blind man on Sunday or Saturday if you will remember how hard everything is for him if you want to drink of water he's got to go find it and search for it what if it's out at the sister in the well how does he get there how does he get the bucket low how does he make sure he's po what if he wants something to eat what if he wants to go for a visit what if he just wants to go for a pleasant walk how does he know where to go what to be careful of but then now the fact that he can see he's been given rest on the Sabbath they get the glass of water so much easier going for a wall man how can I just I can't wait to do that my brother Christ he is free to enjoy the Sabbath my brother sister Christ and there's one more thing you and I need to realize in one hour more or less in one hour small steps the extra mile that that man walk from the minute that good Lord laid hands on him all the way to the pool Isam and all the way back to give thanks he goes from identifying Christ as a man to a prophet from God to The Great I Am oh how that extra mile was for all eternity now stop brother Christ now think go back in scripture all of our best players all of them man are those that go the extra mile just look just look at the crucifixion itself just the crucifixion there are four or five people involved but their names are now in The Book of Life there's Simon s there's Veronica Mary of magdala there's l g Joseph of Aria everyone of them did something extra they went that extra mile think about it you're sign to sirene you're there for the Passover one of three times when you have to go to Jerusalem you went all the way to Jerusalem with your two children Alexander and ruus and as a result of it you want to get your land bring it to the altar allow to be skewed in the form of crucifix and then you celebrate the Passover but here's the problem you come into town you see the the crowds you're up in and next thing you know you conscript welcome to the arm it could have been up to a day or several days for the Jews because that was the deal you could be conscripted that quickly as a result man he's brought into the freight put yourself in issues once blood of Christ gets on him he's done you going to be quarantined for least 7 days maybe up to 14 you'll never celebrate the Passover what about your two boys what are they going to crucify me too when I get to the top remember crucifixion was a common occurrence remember brother's Christ the passion the movie passion PID me the right way in that at the end of the day he realized that that Journey that he just took that extra mile which was exactly about what it was to bring Christ to go with his name is now in The Book of Life he may he may not have the blood of an Al Al he's got the blood of the land my brother Christ you're Veron you take the time to walk out and make sure that you stand in the way of the crucifixion as a woman you have absolutely no right and as a result you're not even stopping the crucifixion and because you Brave your Veil and you go that extra mile to this day we have the veil in Rome my brother Christ you can actually see we actually have a part of that in our Relic which you can see it at Rome usually on Easter Sunday she goes that extra mind what about L di I mean here you Centurion you probably got your orders earlier that week and again that morning there'll be three criminals you'll make sure they go through town you'll have a town CER in front make sure you have at least 100 soldiers around them and you make sure the procession handles and remember by 3:00 in saath they've got to come down I like to wonder what was going through L's thoughts at the very start okay three crimin three murderers let us together let's get through this we got to get somewhere along the way he realizes well I know two are murderers because I spent most of my life chasing distance in guest house but I'm not sure about this third guy within several hours you've gone from thinking that he's one of the murderers to I'm not sure do you make the words truly that man was the son of God that extra mile do you know according to tradition small T he actually brings the spirit tip to the Blessed Mother we have it this day he becomes Saint all gu but brother Christ chose gives up this to I mean talk about going extra mile it's not like you can go do one FR by tomorrow he's saying you can just bury me anyway as long as the good Lord has a to what if you marry magd on Easter Sunday when everybody else is sleeping you decided that you know what I'd rather be next to quote a dead savior than live people because she knows that extra M I don't care if there's a boulder I can't move I don't care that there's soldiers in the way took advantage more ways than I know I don't care how much harassment I get I am going to the do and because she goes the extra mile she's the first to see the Risen Christ so much so that in grief she actually grabs him and she won't let go this why Christ says to such an extent you must let me know for I get to return home my brother sister in Christ you know according to tradition small te Peter asked why is it you showed to Mary Magdalene and not to me I mean I'm your Vicor I'm Peter I'm protos I'm Don and he says you know Peter I look for you and I didn't see my brother and sister in Christ she's the first to see the RIS in Christ because she goes the extra mile and I tell you this and I know we pick on Peter all too much and I understand that but at the end of the day I would love to meet the Peter the day it started and 33 years later I bet you that man would go through anything to bring people closer to Christ remember he's the only one that have his name changed remember he's the first off the sacri he's the first my brothers to Christ every time they list the Apostle Judas is always last remember brother sister in Christ he is our first Vicor he's the first one to fight the Pharisees and Sadducees he's the first to baptize several thousand people he is the one that is decided who will do what and when it will happen he is one that decided all times one my brothers Christ here you and I said or maybe at home 2,000 years later will you go the extra M will you do what is necessary especially in a time in day like today as chaotic as it is as we search for a new normal will you and I go the extra mile to make sure our family and our friends are all taken care of our parents and our grandparents when they call you and that phone bring in and you see that number you know all too well you will be on it for at least an hour you know that you're going to start in the spot and you can end up in the exact same spot you probably won't solve one problem but they need to hear your voice voice they need to know there's calm in the world they need to know that something is true and that it is still true and there is some normal by talking to you will you stop watching television walk away from you know listening to the Stars you don't have to worry about football therefore you should have plent of time my brother and sister in Christ when you make sure that when people ask you to run an a that you will go the extra mile because just the way the world is sp when you're at work and they ask you to do more because there's just so much chaos when you do extra work without saying it's my job it's the description it's the money behold you I warn you that whenever you move the decimal point I a doing this because it's not my job scripture I need more money once your name is tied to money are we any better than jeice or pieces of silver my brother sister Christ or you go the extra mile while you have the time to pray with your families and sit down and pray erosion to read scripture to read the Breather to pray together as a unit will you wake up in the morning and make sure that you pray for yourself and for your family before you ever get started will you make sure at the end of night that you take the time to pray that you go to the extra mile when somebody call you together with family and friends they said let us begin with a prayer before we eat will you make the sign of the cross clearly and distinctly or will you give me one of these my brother and sister in Christ I pray with a friend I asked him the same thing what was that he said that was the sign of the cross I said I didn't know if you were giving me a sign to lay down a bun or still second I'm telling you brother of chist stop apologizing for being cath at the end of the day you either Jewish or you were a Catholic Christian my brother Christ for 1600 years for the most part that's the only two faiths in the game when you give the courage to walk the extra mile to pray to Hell Marica when you walk the extra mile people why we do as we do as a cathic when you sit together as one another and make sure you pray and help one another my brotherus Christ remember this you and I are never neutral you can't be every email every text message every drive by every time you go to the store every time you have communication the words you use the actions you applo the thoughts you have will they endear you to Christ or will they push you away as a result of such you are never neutral so therefore in everything you do is going to be tied back ultimately to him so therefore control the words you use make sure you don't get so angry that you go you lose control or you sending your wrong email or text mess or Facebook what I'm asking you to do is go to the extra M pray for them pray for the courage to remain silent that you don't have to win every fight you don't have to have the last word that somebody's keeping score oh there way you score it's not who you and I want to it's him my brother and sister in Christ you can't can't be neutral to him and all the things that we do if you go the extra mile and do the prayers with your family and friends and you begin to read scripture and pray the bre and read pray the RO Ros I promise you'll win to day my brother sister Christ I leave you with this and it's simple but it's quite profound walk the extra mile I promise there are absolutely no crowds amen amen in the name of the father and the son and of the holy spirit amen