Humble eyes see

The action of God in our lives can be unseen. The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today offer us some food for thought and reflection on this possibility. The first letter of James addresses some of the blocks which may have hidden the role of God from us. Faith is required and built often from the position where we fall on our knees. This opportunity to let God is identified by Marcia Shadle Cusic of CreightonUniversity as finding joy when we encounter difficulties and trials in life. The time frame in which we demand answers from God is often like that of the Pharisees in the Gospel today from Mark. Our blindness to what we have seen, heard and experienced prior to our time of questioning seems to brazen our demand that God act now. The child sometimes runs out of patience with the parent even though the long wait or the travelling to a destination is planned by the parent to lead to joy. The gift of humility opens our eyes to the reality that our life is gift which is not earned by our efforts. Our riches of power, privilege and prestige boil off and we are reduced to faith that the One Who Loves continues to have our joy as the outcome of the journey. Don Schwager quotes the words of Theresa of Avila who thanks God who never changes and gives us patience to see the will of God unfold in our lives. In harmony with the psalmist we faithfully give thanks for the humility that brings us back to living in the knowledge of the Love of God.