Daily Gospel Reflection for July 17, 2024

Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel.

Like most writers, I read more than I write. One of my most memorable reading experiences was the summer I inhaled the entire Anne of Green Gables series. In the third book, Anne is told that an old childhood friend is dying. At that moment, she is granted a flash of insight and realizes that she has always been in love with him. “There’s a book of revelation in everyone’s life,” she murmurs to herself.

The first time I read that line, I was captivated by the statement. I had never really thought about it before, but it was true. Life is filled with revelations; some are cataclysmic, others are less spectacular, but no less edifying.

Today’s Gospel begins with a revelation as well: God reveals Himself to the childlike. It goes on to qualify that statement by adding that the Father and Son share a profound knowledge of each other, and only the Son may decide who will receive this knowledge or revelation.

At first glance, this seems like a rarefied group of people. They have to be childlike, and Jesus has to choose them as recipients of His revelation. But the truth is, we have been hardwired for this. We have all been allowed to seek illumination and epiphanies as a normal part of the human experience. We all have a book of revelation.

Of course, we must still seek the Lord and wait for Him to enlighten us through His Church, but we should be reassured by the fact that He will enlighten us. He will reveal Himself to us because He designed us to seek that revelation.

Now all we need to do is wait on Him--keep the candle burning and our books open.

Ponder:

What insights has Jesus given me for my own book of revelation?

Pray:

Dearest Jesus, reveal the beauty and truth of Your union with the Father and fill my book of revelation, that I may spend my life here on earth contemplating Your unfathomable love for mankind.

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