Humans can Know God!

 

32nd week Friday in Ordinary Time

Year One

Wis 13:1-9

Meditation

Humans can Know God!

The creator is greater than the creation. The ignorant take the created for the creator. The entire creation, all created, and every creature should turn to the creator as the beginning and end. It is sad to note that humans are limited; they worship the beings that are created by God. Ture, the created beings are powerful; they only point towards God, they are not Divine.

 One has to go beyond the external created world to see the wonder of God. God is beyond human imagination; he manifests himself to humans in a simple, intelligent manner. God could be comprehended to some extent by the human mind, but not entirely. The human mind explores the concept of God, and through human intelligence, they can know God, and this faculty is given by God himself to humans.

Are we aware that humans can comprehend God?

Year Two

2 Jn 1:4-9

Meditation

Believe in Jesus!

Believing in Jesus is a gift and a grace. Some people do not believe in Jesus, not out of ignorance, but knowingly reject it; they belong to the antichrist. Such persons reject that God is love; he loves us and saves us. People against Christ’s love deceive themselves and others.

The faith in Jesus helps us to abide in Jesus and in his teachings. Those who abide in Jesus, experience the love of God and love others. Father, Son and Spirit abide in those who believe that Jesus is the saviour and redeemer of humanity.

Do we abide in Jesus?

Lk 17:26-37

One can Change for Good!

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so, too, it will be in the days of the Son of Man.  They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them. (Lk 17:26-27).

Noah was building the ark and told the people the purpose of the ark, but the people did not change. Man does not change his ways easily. Men/women keep doing what they want till the end of time. Too negative a statement, but let us take it with a pinch of salt that ‘men/women do not change’ so quickly. The wish of God, the teaching of Jesus, the ministry of service and men/women's deep desire is to make a change in their lives for the better. We are invited to change our ways. It is possible to change our ways for our good and the good of others.

Do I believe that I can make a change for the good?

Fr Putti Anthaiah, sdb

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