Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Hope in heaven differs from most other hopes because no one
on this earth has seen it. The Scriptures
give inklings of what it is like. Revelation says it is “pure gold with, clear
as glass.” The gospels continually
describe it as a king’s banquet. But
these are only images that cannot do justice to the reality anymore than a
photograph does justice to the presence of a live person.
Despite its vagueness, for the hope of heaven we constrain
our desires. Some have given up their
lives in testimony to the Lord who promises it.
We live for it and know that in the Eucharist we get a taste of it. It is the solace and peace that sharing
intimately with Jesus brings.
