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  A Touch Of Relevance And Reverence...

I have read quite a lot of commentaries regarding scripture passages... And yet they seldom touches me... Maybe because i have not touched them.

But let me tell you what touched me...it was a long weary day which seldom happens in my life that i came to pray before the Blessed Sacrament. After quite sometime of telling the Lord my problems, i noticed as always that He is so silent. No words, only silence. And so, I also fell silent. And in that silence an eloquent message was spoken. It was spoken with such brevity and effectiveness that one does not forget. It maybe likened to a man thrown in a pitch dark dungeon who for months and years on end was searching for that little bit of that precious light. Then one day a flash of light came sans warning. What a joy and delight if only for a moment of desire. It was as if in that sheer moment he has forgotten all the trials and tribulations he has experienced.
Revelations are quite rare to be noticed although they are before our very noses. Come to think the relevance of silence when we speak. Let you minds rise to acknowledge how reverent it is to be silent when our brethren are trying to convey a message or two... Do we not realize this. Did it escape to my attention how when i spoke the grandeur of the Almighty, who made all that is is silent. How callous it is for me, not to humble myself and listen to the eternal and uncreated Word of God. The silence of God is so relevant as it is reverent.

And was it not He who told us... Will you not give your son, a snake if he asks for fish, give him a stone if he asks for bread. An evil Father ( in his right mind) would not do such a thing to his. Beloved son. And Jesus continues... And how much more will the Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who asks for it. These words of Jesus was fulfilled in my hearing as he kept silent, attentive and listening when i spoke. Indeed it was truly what i needed...that somebody open one's ear to listen to me! What reverence and what relevance my Good Jesus has shown me.

Jesus is the one true friend. We can count on...When everyone is busy and not listening to the silent beatings of our heart. There he is in the Blessed Sacrament waiting day and night without ever getting tired. His silence is always relevance and it is ever reverent.

  • February 23, 2016 after a meeting with my "Spiritual Director"



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