11 July 2018
“Seek always the face of the Lord,” our psalm says
today. And immediately we think of
images of Jesus’ face, which is fine and good.
But the gospel reminds us that the “face of Jesus” can also be seen in
other people.
Jesus called together his twelve Apostles and sent them out
to do his work: proclaiming the Kingdom, curing disease and illness, raising up
the lowly, and so on. They were sent out
to “be” Jesus to others. God sends many people our way, to help us and to raise
us up. And that all started with the
Apostles.
And so, as we “seek always the face of the Lord,” we also
look to leaders in the Church: popes, bishops, priests, spiritual writers, the Saints. Of course, we can also see the face of God in
neighbors and in cherished friends. And,
if we look in a mirror, we might even see the face of God there.
“Seek always the face of the Lord,” our psalm says
today. Happily, the face of God is all
over the place. May the Lord help us to
see him, and to be thankful.
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