Earlier in the week I preached about seeing God’s handiwork
in creation. It was from this
chapter (13) of Wisdom to which I had referred.
As
humans, we have five senses—sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell. Yet as Christians we grow a sixth—the
sense of faith. This sense, which
we receive as a gift and mature in through prayer, sees past the physical world
to the spiritual. And what is our
faith if not seeing past what is worldly?
The
author of Wisdom chastises people who did not attribute to God the works of
creation: “All men were by nature foolish
who were in ignorance of God, and who from the good things seen did not succeed
in knowing him who is, and from studying the works did not discern the
artisan…For if they so far succeeded in knowledge that they could speculate
about the world, how did they not more quickly find its Lord?” When we see a mountain, lake, forest or
sunset, we should recognize God as the Creator of the universe.
And
think about the Sacraments. It is
our faith that allows us to believe that what looks like water spiritually
cleanses a baby in Baptism. This
same faith teaches us that after the consecration, what appears to be bread and
wine is Jesus’ Body and Blood.
As
we are blessed to be with God our Creator another day, may we have the grace to
see past what is of this earth to what is of heaven.
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