Commentary on the Gospel of

Paulson Veliyannoor, CMF - Claretian Publications Philippines

Lust for Signs

An interesting anecdote is said of St. John of the Cross. While he was in Lisbon, his confreres were eager to visit a famed stigmatic in that city. They urged John to go with them to meet the stigmatic. But John refused. He wasn’t interested in the miraculous. Hence, while his brothers eagerly visited the stigmatic, John spent the evening by the sea, reading the Bible. People such as John would be a minority; for we have an insatiable lust for the miraculous. We thirst for signs and miracles. Such obsession for signs unfortunately reveals our lack of faith and trust in God, because, for a person who has faith, isn’t every moment of life a miracle and every event in life a sign of God’s presence and love? When we have such faith-filled eyes, we will look at every bird and every lily and see the signs of God’s everyday Providence, as Jesus could and did (cf. Mt 6: 25-34).

 

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