Some people just have quick access to insights and some can see vision easily.  But for the rest of us, its a struggle, a trial and error, a painful crawl.

Well,l this story from Monsignor Dale Fushek provides a slow unfolding of vision of why some of his parishioners are leaving and looking for another community.

He received an invitation from a family of a teenager who decided to leave their church.  After the dessert, teenager and "not-yet" Father Fushek were left in the dining table.

"What's new?" asked Fusek.
"You know what's new? said the teenager.  "That's why you're here."
"I heard you don't go to church anymore.  Why do you have trouble believing the Pope?"
"No" the boy replied.
"Do you have trouble believing the moral teachings of the church?"
"Not at all. I am following them."
"Do you believe in the Eucharist - that is really the body of Christ in communion?"
"Yes, you have to.  It is there in the bible, right?"
"Does your new church believe that?" Fushek asked.
"I don't know.  They never mentioned it."

A bewildered and frustrated Fushek then asked, "If you believe in the Pope, and believe in the moral teachings of the church and you believe in the Eucharist, What are you doing?"

The young man looked Fushek in the eye and said, "For sixteen years of my life, never once did I miss mass on Sundays.  And never once when I was there did I ever feel loved.  I don't know what these new people believe, but I do know that they love me."

The now-Monsignor Fushek said, "This was a life changing experience for me.  I went home that night and said: 'If I become a priest I will do everything I can to make sure that no kid walks away because they don't feel loved."  (Today Monsignor Fushek leads a Life Teen  ministry worldwide - providing 800 programs that ministers to 100,000 teens weekly.)

Strong?

Yup.  This story changed my life.  That is why I ache when I see people attending church and they hear the service, sit in their chair, give their offering and go back home - and never feel the love from another human being in the building (except when the guy doing the transition says - "Turn around and greet 3 people).

We need to wake up and do something.

Vision starts when you actually feel the need of the boy in the story or  you feel the frustration the Monsignor.

I hope God gives a clear picture of someone's need and how you can be of help.

THIS IS HOW VISION STARTS.

Find a Need.  Then Help.

Matt. 9:36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.