WORD 2day

6th December, 2013

'To see' is a spiritual quality. The readings are full of this imagery today. The first reading speaks of the blind who will begin to see, the lowly who begin to find joy in the Lord and the Gospel recounts one of those encounters where Christ gives sight to a blind person. Infact, 'to see' was the sign of the coming of the Lord... when the Baptist asked if Jesus was the Christ to come, Jesus responds saying, 'the blind see, the lame walk, the dear hear and the dead are raised' (Lk 7:20,22)! In the Reign of God, all shall possess the spiritual capacity to see; we shall all see, because we will have the light of the Lord, as the responsorial psalm tells us! Yes, we will surely see the Lord face to face, but today, in our daily life, we are challenged to see, to look, to perceive and to find the joy of the Lord in the midst of our routine... Can we really see? If we believe, we will. Let us grow everyday in our faith, to really see the Lord, our light and our salvation.