3rd Sunday of Easter 19 April 2026 Revelation
God likes to reveal Himself in stages. He wants us to know Him, to interact with Him. He appreciates that we can only take things in, bit by bit.
God can be seen as a remote figure, not greatly relevant.
There is a lot we cannot know about God, but there is always something more that we can know.
We learn about God from the Scriptures, from the Liturgy, the teachings of the Church, the inspiration of the saints.
We come to appreciate His perfection, His benevolence to us.
We discover the need to keep God central in our lives. We do not push Him to the side, whether through some grievance with Him, or through indifference or distraction.
Some of His mysterious nature He reveals to us when we are ready to absorb what He tells us.
Take the Emmaus story. The disciples had a good start in that they were weeping for Christ.
Then they took a wrong turning by admitting defeat too quickly.
Then they recovered again by recognizing Jesus in the breaking of the bread.
God wants us to know him better, to understand his words, miracles, prophecies etc
The success of Our Lord’s coming was total as regards Himself but not yet complete at ground level.
To help others grasp this teaching, it means some have to take the lead and give good example; to make God present in this place and time.
Much of the world is godless so it is a huge task, but this is a good place to be in the process – here in the house of the Lord.
Some things we understand, and one of those things is that God wants people to know him,
If we call on God only when things are going wrong, that is treating Him like a repair-man. We don’t expect to know the names of all the people that do jobs for us; we do need to know God's name.
With God it is highly personal, and He wants us to respond in that way as far as we can.
He wants us to take an interest in Him; to be aware of His personal presence, really acting for the good.
Everyone should be doing this. It would be a much better world if they did; for the moment we will have to get by on reduced numbers!
Once we start on the path of knowing God we will be drawn further and further along that path. God is loveable even though mysterious.
We pool our talents and see the whole Body moving forward.
We help each other to find Him, and know Him better. One person is up, the other down; another day it can be the other way round.
Our public communal worship is important.
Today many see the point of religion as ‘helping people’ and that is the only point for them.
But we need to know God as well, for our own benefit and because He commands it. He does not need our love but He desires it.
Those who want to know will know. Seek and you shall find. Mt 7,7
Does it look like nothing is moving in the spiritual world? There are things going on that we cannot detect from the physical senses.
However the holier our lives the more aware we become and the more we do find out.
Meanwhile we walk with the Lord, like the two disicples.
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