God's Desire

We read in today's Gospel that some Greeks approached Philip, asking to see Jesus (cf. Jn 12:21).  In our prayer or thoughts have we ever asked the same question, expressed a desire to see Jesus face to face?   There are myriads of artistic renderings of what he might have looked like, but there will nothing like "the real thing."   What a joy it would be to see right now him whom we hope to see and be with in eternity; to be face to face with the Jesus we love and to whom we have dedicated our lives, striven to imitate, and have come to love as our first love.  Such a preview is not often given, but Jesus has appeared to several saints, such as St. Margaret Mary and St. Catherine of Siena.
 On the other hand, do we ever think that God desires to be as close to us as possible?  Jeremiah tells us that God's desire is to write his law upon our hearts so that we can know him intimately,  (cf. Jer 31:31-34). We can experience his presence within us, we can find forgiveness and revel in his tender, unfailing love.  It's really a two-way street:  our desire to see God, and his desire to yoke himself to us.  What God is as great as our God?  As Lent enters its final fortnight, let us seek God, Father Son and Holy Spirit with greater intensity and sincerely invite him to write his law of love in our hearts.
Bro. Rene