GOSPEL THOUGHTS
16th Week – Thursday
Gospel – Matthew 13: 10-17
Saint of the Day: St Bridget
of Sweden
Have I ever felt that I am blessed
because of my eyes which can see and ears which have the power to hear?
Jesus says, “Blessed
are your eyes for they see and your ears, for they hear”
1) Eyes and ears God's Wonderful creation
Have we ever thought the power of our eyes and eras
Usually to understand their power we need to ask those persons
who have lost thier sight and who have lost the capacity to hear because of
some physical problems
Once we lose our sight and capacity to hear, it is very
difficult to get back these God given powers.
We may be having the capacity to spend crores of rupees to for
any kind of treatment, but there is no surety that we will be able to get back
these powers if they are lost
It is very clear that our eyes and eras are wonderful creation
of God, which no one can deny.
2) Physical sight and Spiritual sight
Physical sight is very important. All of us are really depending
on our physical sight
It is not enough to have only physical sight, but more than this
we need to have a deeper sight which we call it as spiritual sight.
A person who has a spiritual sight is able to see the deeper
reality
He sees not the sick person but able to see the pain of the
person
He sees not only sees the simple person but able to see the
humility of the person
He can see the real worth of the person
He can see the goodness and greatness of the person
He can see the forgiving nature of the person
He can see many more deeper realities of the person
3) Physical capacity to hear and the deeper capacity to listen
We hear lots of things in our surrounding. Noise of various
kinds we hear through our ears
Ears have very sensitive powers to hear all that happens in our
surrounding
But a person should have a deeper capacity to listen. Hearing
and listening is totally different.
Hearing happens by itself. Listening needs concentration and
deeper reflection
Person only with the power to hear has limited capacity to
understand. But a person who has the capacity to listen has a deeper capacity
to know the reality
One who has the capacity to listen is able to hear
The cry of the other
The sound of the pain of another
The painful sigh of the poor people
Pain of the harsh words
Voice of the voiceless
4) When our eyes and ears become blessed?
When we are able to see the kingdom realities
When we are able to see Jesus in another person
When we are able to see truth and justice in our surrounding
When we are able to see God in the nature
When we are able to see the sacredness of God in our
surroundings
When we are able to listen to the Word of God
When we are able to listen, understand and act according to the
Word of God
When we are able to listen the voice of God in our conscience
When we are able to catch to voice of the Master in the Holy
Scriptures
When we are able to listen the voice of Jesus in the poor, sick,
downtrodden, marginalized, lost ones, dying, sinners, in the suffering, and in
elderly
5) Call to become Blessed/Holy
Jesus calls everyone to become holy and blessed
Only through our eyes and eras we can become blessed
people
Use your eyes to see the greater realities, you will be
blessed
Use your eras to listen the deeper voice of God and the cry of
the other you will be Blessed
So using these God given powers for greater and deeper purposes
we can become blessed and Holy
6) Try to understand this
It is not enough to have eyes, but our eyes should have the
sight to see the greater realities. Do I have this sight? Am I able to
see?
It is not enough to have the Ears, but should have the capacity
to listen the deeper realities
Do my ears have the capacity to listen? Or do I only hear the
noises which does not make any difference in my life???]
God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones.
Fr Maxim D’Souza
Jeppu Seminary
Mangalore
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