Are You Ready...

~~~ Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20B ~~~ (Psalm)Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 ~~~

~~~ Matthew 13:10-17 ~~~

But blessed are your eyes, because they see,

and your ears, because they hear.

God came to Moses in a 'dense cloud'

so that the people were able to see and hear Moses.

God remained hidden by the cloud.

God wanted the people to have confidence in Moses.

God knew the people needed consistency...

this was accomplished through the leadership of Moses.

When Jesus came; the concept of God 

remaining hidden was abolished.

Jesus came to reveal the mysteries of the Father to us.

Many were not ready to see or to hear the message.

Even today we those who for whatever reason 

do not see and do not hear.

Some are themselves are lost in the cloud of their own ego.

Blessed are those who have allowed God to open their eyes...

to open their ears.

What follows next is just as important.

What do you do with what you have seen and heard?

See...hear and be changed.

Live your life as one who does see and one who dies hear.

Treat others by the measure with which you

see and hear what Jesus reveals.

It is always possible to see more.

It is always possible to hear better.

It is always possible to be Blessed with 

deeper understanding.

May the God of Moses

and Our Lord, Jesus Christ

continue to open our eyes and ears.

~~~Peace~~~

Sowing and Hearing

~~~Saint Thomas Aquinas ~~~

~~~Priest and Doctor of the Church~~~

~~~Hebrews 10:11-18 ~~~ Psalm 110 ~~~ Mark 4:1-20 ~~~

 “Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear.”

Hearing is such an important sense, yet when
we experience loss it often happens gradually.

Because the progression is slow we do not realize
we no longer hear as well as previously.

As hearing loss progresses we miss
much of what is happening around us.

We misunderstand what is now only being partially being heard.
Our brain is desperately trying to make sense
 of what we are able to hear.

Problems arise between us and our loved one.
We both become frustrated because communication is sketchy at best.

The seeds in today's gospel is like one who looses their hearing.
It happens without any forewarning.

The sower is confused as to where he is sowing his seeds.
The results are very mixed...some were eaten by the birds...
some were scorched by the sun.

When we loose our hearing much of the message
 is lost or misinterpreted.

Hearing and listening are not the same nor
does either one guarantee understanding.

We are Blessed to have the grace available to us.
Through grace we are able to hear and understand.
~~~Peace~~~