Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
(Job 9:1-12.14-16; Luke 9:57-62)
Today’s remarkable reading from the Book of Job speaks of
God’s transcendence. God is beyond the human
mind’s capacity to know. Job says that humans
cannot see God and indicates that they are even less able to converse with Him. He is surely right to suggest that no one is
justified before God. But Job speaks of God as a non-Jew and a
non-Christian. God has given privileges
to the peoples whom He calls His own.
Israel learned to call on God for help in Egypt. The psalms express the full range of feelings
and concerns of the people of God.
Christ has brought his followers an even closer relationship with
God. He taught his disciples to call God
“Father” and to ask Him for anything with assurance of a hearing.
The Book of Job does not end with its protagonist in the
dark about God. Through both reverence
and insistence, Job also will receive a hearing from God. Even better, he will witness God’s
self-revelation. Knowing of Job’s
experience and Jesus’ teaching we can approach God with our humble love and
pressing needs.
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