A Daily Reflection
by Deacon Joe Coan
Wednesday, June 3rd
He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life and what you will eat, and about your body and what you will wear. For life is more than food and the body more than clothing. Notice the ravens: they do not sow or reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn, yet God feeds them. How much more important are you than birds! Can any of you by worrying add a moment to your life-span? If even the smallest things are beyond your control, why are you anxious about the rest? Notice how the flowers grow. They do not toil or spin. But I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of them”. Lk, 12:22-27
In the old movie, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (wonderful things you run across during these days of isolation), there is a lovely sequence in which a deaf man, named Mr. Singer, asks a teenage girl what music sounds like. The smiling girl stands in front of him so that he can read her lips. She also gestures with her hands and her body. But nothing works. Finally, she and Mr. Singer laugh and give up.
Jesus ran into a similar problem when he tried to teach people about heaven. It was something many could not comprehend. For example, the Sadducees imagine heaven to be a kind of “glorified” version of earth. But heaven is not a “glorified” version of earth. It is an infinitely different kind of reality.
And so, our thought for today: How do we view heaven?
St. Paul says, “What no one saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9
~ Deacon Joe
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