Gospel: Luke 11: 29-32
If a person truly believed in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, why would they travel the earth chasing after apparitions of Mary, gawking at alleged visionaries, seeking Mary's image on a breakfast bread product, or ogling over incorrupt bodies? If one really believed in Jesus' Real Presence, none of this would matter in the least.
If a person truly believes that every human being has dignity and worth, that they are a child of God with God's presence within them, why would be fawn over the celebrity, the alleged visionary, or develop cults of personality around individuals? The person on the bus next to you is a child of God, carries within her the spark of God, and has dignity and worth equal to anyone else.
Jesus was indeed correct when he said it is an evil generation that seeks signs, for the seeker of signs denies the most fundamental truths of faith by their very actions. God has given all the signs we need: God's own presence in every tabernacle, God's own presence in the life of each human being. God's sign is all around us.
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