Sunday, July 17, 2016

Finding Signs

Because our human nature thrives on skepticism, it is common for people to ask for a "sign" to assure them that what they see or hear is true. Mary most often appears to children or teenagers, and every time they report the apparitions to authorities, they are confronted with the demand:  "Show is a sign." It was no different for Jesus.  In today's Gospel, some of the Scribes and Pharisees asked him for a sign, but he refused, saying that "no sign will be given except the sign of Jonah the prophet...three days in the belly of the whale, and Jesus in the tomb for three days.  It was only in retrospect that these words made sense.
And so, with us, when we look for a sign (and they still appear), they might be something simple, right under our noses.  Isn't the wonder of each day, the wonder of the universe, the human body, the uncountable number of species (some still being discovered) enough?  Lucky for us we have an all-patient God who bears with our unnecessary wishes for "confirmations" and signs...How about going about today saying, I believe. I trust.  Enough!
Bro. Rene

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