We are oftentimes too ‘wise’ for our own good! We are
quick to deduce what we can see, sometimes without looking below the surface. We pride ourselves in our logical ability to process intricate and detailed information often to such a degree we miss the beauty of the big picture. We may never know what we are missing or have lost.
So it is with knowing and understanding God, our wisdom can only take us so far. It is only through the eyes of faith do we truly see; for then knowing and understanding God becomes a living and loving experience. An intimate relationship taking us far beyond what we can ever hope to imagine.
Lord Jesus, help me overcome all that prevents me from entering into a deeper loving relationship with You. Allow me to grow in love and charity for my brethren and all You send my way. Amen
FIRST READING
Wisdom 2:1a, 12–22
GOSPEL
John 7:1–2, 10, 25–30
Jesus moved about within Galilee;
he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.
But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret.
Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.” So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.” So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.
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