Tuesday December 5, 2023

Luke 10-21-24

Filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, Jesus said:

‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children.

This was Jesus response after he was attacked for his positions. He was filled with Joy and blessed God. Criticize me for a second and I lose my sense of direction and purpose. Criticize me and almost everything is ruined. I think it is because I am a people pleaser. I love the saying “let it roll of like water on a duck.” Except I do not know how to do that.

The wise and learned cannot see the hand of God in this man from Nazareth. He is too simple to too ordinary. Have you ever found yourself wanting to complicate God? We are invited today to find God in the simple things and to be comfortable with our truth. Don’t get frightened and frustrated because someone does not see what you see. In fact find joy. When criticized by young seminarians a priest I knew would smile and say “You will learn brother, you will learn.”