Wisdom 13:1-9 / Luke 17:26-37
The purpose of religion is not to prove the existence of God.
The primary purpose of religion is to state that there is a God, and religion helps believers to come to know God.
In Christianity, we come to believe in God because it was God who revealed Himself to us.
We believe that God created everything, and through creation, God continues to reveal His presence among us.
So, we know God from what He has revealed to us, and also that all creation points to the existence and the presence of God.
The 1st reading tells us that human beings can be so attracted to the beauty and wonders of this world that they make creatures and creation into gods that they worship.
As for us Christians, there is a weakness and a failing to be aware of.
We can be so caught up with the busyness of life and the things of this world that we can forget about God.
We can even neglect our duty to God and forget about prayer and be numbed to His promptings in our life.
As Jesus says in the gospel, during Noah’s day and during Lot’s day, people were so caught up with the things of life that they didn’t see what God is showing them or hear what God is saying to them.
May we always remember the teachings of our faith and be faithful in prayer.
Let us read the Bible so that we will hear the voice of the Lord God and be able to see what He is showing us.