Reflection
Jeremiah 2:1-13
Psalm 36
Matthew 13:10-17
We are pretty lucky, aren’t we? We see Jesus for who He really is – the Son of God, the Christ, our Savior. Our gospel today reminds us that is not the case for everyone now is it. We know that Jesus is our Savior, our challenge is to understand His presence in our lives. Jesus speaks in parables because He wants to meet the people with whom He was speaking right where they were in their understanding of life. From there, He would help them grow.
Jesus continues to do that with each of us. When the gospel speaks to “anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” Jesus is not referencing money, wealth and stuff but rather our spirituality. For those who grow closer to Christ, they will more clearly see the Truth, and when they see more clearly, they will want to see even more clearly.
Our challenge today is to consider where in our lives we need to more clearly let Jesus in – He wants to be in all of our lives. As we do that, the Holy Spirit enlightens us with an understanding of how we should be living closer to God and how we should be treating others.
To do that we need to spend time with God. We need to spend time with Jesus in the Eucharist. We need to spend time with the Bible. We need to spend time reflecting on His words. We need to pay attention to the writings of the doctors of the Church. So how about it? Have time for God today to start listening more closely?
Beautiful day! Go smile at God today!