A Living Sign
Today's Gospel message has a strong rebuke by Jesus. "This is a wicked generation; it is asking for a sign." (Luke 11:29)
The people following Jesus could not understand even after his numerous preachings and healing of the sick that He is the sign of God's love and mercy for us. They were blind, their hearts were closed; they were very much of the world, seeking power and glory. And now in our 21st century, the same seeking continues and even at a faster pace in the digital realm.
No, we must not be tempted by this insatiable wanting. Ash Wednesday reminds us that from dust we come, to dust we return. What good is it to accumulate enormous wealth when we can't even take a single cent with us when we die? As the great Sage, Lao Tze once said " He who knows enough is enough, will always have enough." When we look at our daily sustenance, we realise how little we need!
Life is only complete if we grow in our spiritual quest. Our God is a God of love, great in mercy, slow to anger. Once we experience His love and forgiveness of our sins, shouldn't we be His living signs to our fellow human beings, so that they too can taste that sweetness of our Lord? We can be God's instruments to show love, compassion, goodwill, kindness, generosity to the people we meet, our families, our co-workers. What a privilege it is that we can be God's sign of peace on this earth!
Every moment and every event of every man's life
on earth plants something in his soul.
- Thomas Merton -
No, we must not be tempted by this insatiable wanting. Ash Wednesday reminds us that from dust we come, to dust we return. What good is it to accumulate enormous wealth when we can't even take a single cent with us when we die? As the great Sage, Lao Tze once said " He who knows enough is enough, will always have enough." When we look at our daily sustenance, we realise how little we need!
Life is only complete if we grow in our spiritual quest. Our God is a God of love, great in mercy, slow to anger. Once we experience His love and forgiveness of our sins, shouldn't we be His living signs to our fellow human beings, so that they too can taste that sweetness of our Lord? We can be God's instruments to show love, compassion, goodwill, kindness, generosity to the people we meet, our families, our co-workers. What a privilege it is that we can be God's sign of peace on this earth!
Every moment and every event of every man's life
on earth plants something in his soul.
- Thomas Merton -
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