+ We often hear this gospel
passage, but not so often do we slow down and actually consider what it says. Jesus calls his current generation “wicked” because they look, and
do not see; they want answers, yet the answers are right in front of them, they
“see the forest, but do not see the trees.”
Perhaps their problem is that they are looking for shiny objects,
glitz and glamour, and the attractive surface texture of goods and products,
and they fail to “search into the depth of things, ideas and concepts; and therefore,
they fail to make necessary changes in themselves when once they “see beneath
the surface into the heart of the matter.”
And so Jesus tells them that since they only want “the frosting
and not cake,” “the foam and not the beer,” “the tinsel and not the tree,” they
will not have “wisdom” (the wisdom of Solomon, or even one of his courtiers), nor
will they “repent at the preaching of himself or his apostles” – because they
just don’t see the point of it: however, the point is: “unless you repent of
your surface, superficial and frivolous way of seeing and doing you will die in
your sins and be condemned to a life of loneliness and separation.”
And this is serious business.
Yes, the signs are all around, but they can only be perceived,
interpreted and assimilated into a human soul, if, that soul quiets down,
listens, rejoices and responds generously, trustingly and lovingly to God who
is offering the “life raft” of the gospel message: what greater sign and symbol
do you need?
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