Seventeenth of Year C
August 2007
Today I will quote to you from an article I was reading recently.
"There is the story about a man who wanted to be wise. He spent hours every day seeking wisdom. One day while praying he had a vision. In that vision he saw a group of people approaching him. They were the suffering, the crippled, beggars, outcasts and victims of violence. As they passed before him he became indignant and cried out to God. 'How is it that a loving Creator can see people like this any yet do nothing about it?'
His cry met with silence. He cried out again, even louder. Still no response.
Unable to contain himself, he shouted a third time with tears in his eyes and anguish in his heart. As his sobbing subdued and emptiness replaced his anguish he heard God's voice softly say 'But I have done something for them. I have created you. '