The Face of God to behold...
Tuesday, 14th week in Ordinary Time
Gen 32: 22-32; Mt 9: 32-38
Jacob turns Israel because he beheld the face of God. He would continue to behold the face of God and become the patriarch of the chosen ones. In the Gospel, the demoniac becomes normal again, because he beheld the face of God in Jesus. And in all his works, curing the sick, eating with the sinners, empathising with the suffering, Jesus was empowering them to behold the face of God in and through himself. He was the face of God to behold.
Infact Jesus longs and prays that many more join him on this mission. There is no monopoly... how he wishes multitudes join him to become the face of God for the world to behold! Let us first realise the call each of us have received: to become the face of God for all to behold. And let us pray that many more authentic believers may join us: to become the merciful loving face of God for the world to behold.