Tuesday, July 30, 2019

17th Week, Ordinary Time, Wednesday, 31-07-19

Exodus 34:29-35 / Matthew 13:44-46 

Our faces and our feet are at the different parts of our body, and depending on our height, they vary in the length apart.

Yet, when our feet are hurting from the shoes we are wearing or whatever, somehow our face shows it.

Oh yes, we can hide our feelings, but not for long. And more so if it is the feelings and emotions in our heart.

What we feel in our hearts will show on our faces, and it will show through the make-up and the masks we might want to put on.

Moses couldn't hide the radiance and the glory of God which he experienced, and it showed on his face.

What Moses experienced challenges us to look at ourselves and to ask what others see in us.

We may not like what we see of ourselves in the mirror, maybe because it reminds us of the hurt, the pain, the resentment that is gripping our hearts.

Yet we must also remember that God has planted the treasures of His love in our hearts.

In this Eucharist, let us ask the Lord to heal us so that we can let go of our sinfulness and to realize the treasures of God's love in us.

And may God's love in us be reflected on our faces too.