Missing the message

The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today point to how we often miss the message. The Book of Wisdom presents the case of those who experience awe at the wonders of the universe that they observe in nature.  Rather than explore this experience to search for the Creator of the vista we pause to glorify what the senses tell us. The psalmist proclaims that the knowledge of the Divine is in the events and experiences of our daily life. The resonance between commuters rushing home on a busy city street presenting the miracle of human diversity and energy and the indwelling Spirit of God is a contact point with the Divine. In the Gospel from Luke Jesus answers questions about when the Kingdom of God will be a reality. He advises that the opportunity to be in the Kingdom involves loosing the life we cling to and being open to a call to change which we may witness in the lives of those close to us. Responding to the call to the Kingdom is responding to the deep homesickness which draws us to God, not moving into this deeper intimacy leaves us as a sickly corpse.