"Once upon a time, I met a boy named Hugo Cabret. He lived in a train station. Why did he live in a train station? You might well ask. That's really what this book is going to be about. And about how this singular young man searched so hard to find his secret message from his father and how that message led his way all the way home." I just rented Hugo from Redbox tonight with the family. A great film... slow but thematically rich. I love how the film explores the story of an orphan who desires to fix the automaton (robot-like machine) but lacks the heart-shaped key that allows the automaton to work. It sketches a scene from the silent film Le Voyage Dans la Lune by Georges Méliès. The most rewarding moment is when the orphan Hugo is being dragged away by the train station security guard, and the aged Georges Méliès cries out, "The child belongs to me." Hugo runs into his arms. I suppose we are all a bit like Hugo, living in this busy train station called life. Our hearts betray our secret that we are spiritual orphans looking for a cure for loneliness in the automatons of pleasure, career, fame, food, or money... But these still leave us empty. We must look beyond those things we make into idols to the one who designed them to be enjoyed the right way. Hugo needed more than a clockwork man. He needed a real father to claim him. And so do we. Have you, like Hugo, searched hard to find a secret message from your Father? God calls us to return to Him with confession on our lips and love in our eyes. We do this if we dare to hear the words of our heavenly Father echo in our hearts: "I claim this child!"
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