Trees and plants are beautiful especially in all their regal greenery.
And when they bear flowers and fruits, they can look really majestic.
When we look at what is above the ground, we see beauty and majesty.
But what is hidden from our sight is below the ground.
And there below the ground is the dirt and the mud and the soil, which has neither beauty and majesty.
But for all the beauty and majesty of the trees and plants, the flowers and the fruits, if there is no ground for the roots, then there will be nothing at all.
The 1st reading talks about a shoot that springs from the stock of Jesse, a scion trusts from his roots.
It reminds us that only when we are grounded and rooted in God, then we will have hope for the future.
While the world looks at what is above the ground and even takes advantage of the beauty and majesty, we look at the simplicity and necessity of the ground and the roots.
Let us be like little children who are grounded and rooted in God and we will know what true beauty and majesty is.