WE THINK WE KNOW

Jesus lamented the ignorance of the Jews, and by inference, the ignorance of most people. It is paradoxical that the greatest ignorance is shown by those who know the most.

Jesus was a Jew. His contemporaries should have known him the most, the best. Yet, the greater their knowledge was, the more they rejected him! Isn't it paradoxical? Once again, it demonstrates that knowledge alone does not help foster our relationship with other persons, including God. Of course, we can defend the Jews because their so called knowledge was actually a prejudice. They thought that "when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from." (John 7:27) and yet, they knew where Jesus came from. So, Jesus could not be the Christ they had been expecting.
To a certain extent, the Jews were right. God is a mystery and if God does not reveal Himself to us, He remains a mystery beyond our understanding. However, if we stick to this thinking, we have no way to know God, to know where the Christ comes from. However, if we allow ourselves to be more receptive, to be more open to God's love, why can't we accept the fact that God Himself would take up human flesh to live like a man and to die on the cross for us and leave behind His body in the form of a piece of wafer etc.? It is because WE THINK WE KNOW God enough! God would not do this and that! WE WANT TO BELIEVE that God is almighty and shall kill all the bad guys for us, that God is merciful and shall exempt us from suffering etc. I am sorry. God is not our invention. God has a mind of His own! When we think we know God enough, He remains a mystery beyond our understanding!

Merciful Father, Your love knows no bounds. You love until it hurts. I am not worthy to receive You in my heart because I am not courageous enough to suffer to please You. Strengthen me, my Lord. Amen.