The splendid gift of truly seeing!

WORD 2day: Thursday, 8th week in Ordinary Time

June 1, 2023: Sirach 42: 15-25; Mark 10: 46-52

To truly see the nature and observe all that it points to, to truly see the creation and the creatures and all the marvels they possess, to truly see the process of change and rejuvenation inbuilt in the nature and drink in their splendour, to truly see all that happens around one and sense the lessons that they offer... it is a splendid gift! Not all possess it.

Today, we can without exaggeration join Bartimaeus and ask the Lord that we might see, see truly, observe clearly, listen intently, understand deeply and find the splendour of God's presence with us and within us. Within us because we are, each of us is, the most marvellous of all wonders that God has created and the most precious of all places where God resides. With us because God is ever present with what and who surround us. 

Without God's grace, we cannot see that presence and receive God's directions for our daily life. To see a teary eye and read the helplessness in it; to see the troubled spirit and hear the cry for understanding; to see the disturbed minds and understand the yearning for true love... it is an essential and lovely gift that we can ask God for: the splendid gift of truly seeing!