Meditation Minute

My Dearest Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

Gospel Reading (Matthew 11:25-27)

At that time Jesus exclaimed: “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”

I took last week off trying to think about what to reflect upon for my daily meditations.  I have been struggling with findings another book such as the Imitation of Christ or going back to the daily Gospel Readings.  After reading the Gospel, I have decided, at least for now, to continue  with the Gospel Readings.  As I reflected upon the Gospel reading, it became evident that I needed to continue my encounter with Crist through the Gospels. Because without encountering Christ in the Gospels, how will we know him. So for now we will continue with the daily Gospel readings. Enjoy.

Why would God hide things from adults and reveal them to the babes? I think back to the time when I was a little boy and I believed everything that my mom and dad told me without question.  There was no doubt that God existed and that everything I learned about Jesus was true.  I was totally in awe about his presence. I was in total awe and amazed at the wonder of Jesus in his works on earth. I can remember sitting there listening to my religion teacher or looking at the children’s bible in the doctor’s office and being total amazed by Jesus.

A child is simple and tends to think in simple ways. This simplicity allows Jesus to be revealed to a child in his full glory without the doubt we apply as adults. A child is naturally humble with no consuming pride which prevents them from seeing God as our creator, Lord and master. The questions and the comments that young children ask are from their innocence and reveal to them the greatness of the Father in Heaven. Yet as we grow in world knowledge and understanding, we somehow let this new found intelligence cloud our vision of the reality of God. We begin to rationalize his existence and justify his being. We try to use science to confirm his miracles instead of just simply accepting Jesus for who he is. We want the physical evidence to explain the unknown and to eliminate the mystery.

We are all called to have a childlike belief in the Father and the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Not only does a babe express unconditional belief in our Father in heaven, they also express unconditional love. The clearest example of this is a child’s loves for their parents. This love is unbounded and without limitations or conditions. Jesus Christ expressed this same unconditional love when he walked on the earth saving us from our sins and lastly when he died on the cross to defeat evil. Jesus expressed love perfected and without blemish. Jesus tries to reveal himself to us through his teachings.  Because of the cloudiness of our vision, He performed miracles so we would believe.  Yet we still ask for more evidence. We must become childlike in our belief to fully grasp the unconditional love that was expressed by Christ for us. We must humble ourselves. It does no good to brag about our intelligence if this intelligence keeps the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit from being fully revealed to us.

A Simple Prayer

Lord I ask for childlike belief and understanding so that I can see you in your true glory.

May this childlike expression of love fill me with a deeper relationship with you.

Yours in Christ

Michael Marcon