Turning to the disciples in private, he said, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."-Lk 10:23-24
Friends, God is good, all the time.
In today’s gospel we realize that God considers us unfathomably special to him with his son Jesus Christ. Luke tells us how Jesus “rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.” That we are Christians is our most significant achievement; we make the will of God happen.
Christ continues to endow his disciples with the power to work in his name to change the world. The return of the seventy-two disciples and their exceeding excitement for the breakthroughs they experienced in the name of Christ should convince us that if we Christians use all the power of love bequeathed to us for the world, we will convert even the most difficult atheists to become Christians. We know this because the disciples reported how demons even submitted to their message on account of Christ.
Again, Luke tells us how Jesus exceedingly rejoiced over his disciples and declared to them, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it and to hear what you hear but did not hear it." Here Jesus is assuring us that he supersedes all those who came in the name of God, and none shall come higher than him. Therefore, the happiness of Christians subsists in how much they see him in the flesh, converse with him in person and be his eyewitnesses.
Prayer blessings: Father, we thank you for the creation of every kind of weather and environment by which you uphold life in all your creatures and make us humble, precious, and pure. Amen.