Chinese New Year Homily20 January 2012 | Fr. Johnny C. Go SJ
Nike Commercial: Lebron James
Five-clawed dragons in the commercial used to represent the Emperor of China
This Chinese New Year, what can we learn from this mythical creature?
Asia
Europe
The Chinese character for “Dragon” is actually the moon in snake form.
Every time he conquered a new
tribe, he added his defeated
enemy’s emblem into his own.
Emperor Huangdi
That’s why the Chinese dragon ended up with features from different animals:
How To Train Your DragonDreamWorks (2010)
Must capture a dragon to be recognized as an
adult.
HiccupViking Chief Stoick
Toothless the Dragon proves to be a most loyal friend,
who later saves Hiccup’s life.
Hiccup didn’t just believe all the bad
things that the villagers said
about dragons.
Loyalty from a most unexpected friend: Toothless
the Dragon.
We often allow appearances to determine how we treat others, especially when they’re different
from us.
Think of how many friendships are never discovered because of this.
Are there people whom we have labeled and have not given the
chance to reveal to us who they are and what kind of people they are?
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