Reflection for TUESDAY, 1st Week of Advent.
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Today's Word of God
Luke 10:21-24
At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
Today's Reflection
Trees and plants are beautiful especially in all their regal greenery.
And when they bear flowers and fruits, they can look really majestic.
When we look at what is above the ground, we see beauty and majesty.
But what is hidden from our sight is below the ground.
And there below the ground is the dirt and the mud and the soil, which has neither beauty and majesty.
But for all the beauty and majesty of the trees and plants, the flowers and the fruits, if there is no ground for the roots, then there will be nothing at all.
The 1st reading talks about a shoot that springs from the stock of Jesse, a scion trusts from his roots.
It reminds us that only when we are grounded and rooted in God, then we will have hope for the future.
While the world looks at what is above the ground and even takes advantage of the beauty and majesty, we look at the simplicity and necessity of the ground and the roots.
Let us be like little children who are grounded and rooted in God and we will know what true beauty and majesty is.
GOD BLESS YOU
Good morning. Have a nice day.