Gospel: Matthew 11: 20-24
Consider how weak is our faith! We run from place to place in constant reassurance of God's existence. We seek it in philosophical argument; we traverse the earth in constant search for miracles and to what purpose? Is such for the benefit of others, or is it because our own faith is such that we continually need shaky apologetics and dubious miracles?
This consideration of our own faith life is the point of Jesus' statements today. We have continual affirmations of God's presence in the world and in our lives. God is present in every time and place; no age is more privileged than any other, none less privileged than any other. The person of authentic faith sees God in all things, her only struggles are with herself, for nothing can separate us from the love of God except ourselves.
Those who were present while Jesus was on earth fared no better with that privilege: they doubted and put him to death. We do likewise every time we claim God is not present in the life of another person and we deem them unworthy of life or communion with us. God's presence fills the entire universe and each of our hearts. It is accessible to all. Woe to us if we cannot find it or acknowledge it.
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