Identifying the True Lord
Friday, 9th week in Ordinary Time
Tob 11;5-17;Mk 12: 35-47
A few days back a friend of mine was having a good sport reading out the predictions based on zodiac signs and at times we were surprised at the pricision that emerged in those predictions. There was a kind of temptation to even believe, that it may after all be true that these constellations have a kind of influence on our personality and our eventualities.
True faith in God consists in seeing through all these creaturely order and logical wisdom, and acknowledging the true Lordship - the absolute and sovereign Lord our God! Tobit sings a hymn of glory and praise to the Lord for the great things that happened in his life, for his son and for his daughter in law.
Jesus challenges us to see beyond the apparent and identify the True Lord. That is a gift of faith that the Spirit alone can give us. Let us thirst for that grace all our life!