[ Today's Readings ]
Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven
has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted.
The parables are not always inherently very compelling on the surface. They sometimes lead to thoughts like, 'Is that all?' They don't overwhelm us with their wisdom and force us to acknowledge that they must come from one who is wise. Yet if we look beneath the surface we do find depths of wisdom and knowledge. We can only grow rich in this way if we begin with faith.
If we begin without faith..
You shall indeed hear but not understand,
you shall indeed look but never see.
Jesus wants to share his riches with all of us. He wants to restore in us the devotion of our youth. Only then are we able to receive living water from the source of living water. Of ourselves we dig broken cisterns to hold polluted water from the idols of the world. We can't grow rich in this way. We leak the things we try to hold. If we do succeed in holding them we find them to be toxic.
Jesus wants our hearts to be converted so he can heal us. In order to return to the devotion of our youth, in order to turn away from idols, let us recognize in Jesus that for which our hearts most deeply thirst.
But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
If we can just recognize this a little more we discover in Jesus the fountain of life. We drink and are satisfied.
They have their fill of the prime gifts of your house;
from your delightful stream you give them to drink.
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