Friday of the First Week in Lent
(I Samuel
8:4-7.10-22a; Mark 2:1-12)
It is
easier for one to say, “Your sins are forgiven?” because forgiveness is
impossible to verify. This is not the
case with saying to a paralytic, “Arise…”
Onlookers will know straightaway whether the speaker is bluffing. Verification is especially important in the
modern world
Many today
look for verification before they will assent to the truths of faith. Of course, if there were proof of religious
truth, then there could not be faith.
Faith presumes a certain opaqueness in front of which one takes a stand
for a loving God. Although they do not
amount to proof, good things happen when one takes the stand. Faith opens one to abundant blessings.
Let’s not
hedge on our faith. Let’s not say we
believe, then live like everyone else.
Rather let our faith in God result in living as God dictates in the
teaching of the Church. Let’s open
ourselves to God’s abundant blessings.
