Can you hide the glow?

WORD 2day - Wednesday, 17th week in Ordinary time

August 2, 2023: Exodus 34: 29-35; Matthew 13: 44-46

Let us imagine the person who has just found a treasure in his field - he is so excited he runs to sell the ground. Will no one sense something fishy in this man who has been so possessive about his land all this while? Imagine likewise, the man who has found the most precious pearl, that he is frenetically seeking to sell everything that he has. Will not those who see this man find something strange in him? 

That is the glow that the first reading is speaking of. Moses had a glow in his face whenever he came from the tent of meeting. There was something concrete that had taken place, There was an encounter that made a tremendous difference, a difference that could not be missed.

If your time with the Lord is true, authentic and sincere, can you hide the glow? If there is no glow, was that time with the Lord worth it? Worse still, if there is an attitude of pride or egoism after all the time you spend with the Lord, how authentic has that meeting been? Did you really meet the Lord?

The time that I spend with the Lord has to be directly proportionate to the kindness, generosity, forgiveness, sincerity, above all humility that I exhibit to my fellow beings when I encounter them. Because, if I have truly encountered the Lord, I cannot hide the glow!