Wisdom 13:1-9 / Luke 17:26-37
The term "philosophy" comes from two Greek words - philo and sophia.
It means the love for knowledge.
The ancient Greeks were known for laying down philosophical foundations with well-known philosophers like Aristotle and Plato.
One subject that was investigated by philosophy was the discussion on the existence of God.
So can the existence of God be proved? To a certain extent it can. But yet these are not infallible proofs.
The 1st reading says that men tend to believe more in the things that they can see rather on what they cannot see, and they even held these as gods who govern the world.
It is a typical case of men being awed by creation and forget about the Creator.
So in their search for God and eagerness to find Him, they went astray because they see so much beauty in creation.
Yet if men are capable of acquiring so much knowledge, how is it that they have been so slow to find the Creator of creation?
For us who believe in God as the Creator, an even greater challenge exist in the form of monotony and complacency.
Our faith in God may plateau off and become mundane and we take it easy on the spiritual life and look for excitement in the things of the world.
Eventually, we lose focus on God and time will just slip away as we run faster in the rat race of the world.
As it is, we need to remember that he who wins the rat race is ... still a rat!
But God created us with wisdom and intelligence to come to know Him, love Him and serve Him.
And may we always give thanks to God for the beauty we see around us and for all the goodness we have receive from Him