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Perhaps the theme that runs through today’s reading is the ease with which one can fail to recognize the presence of God in those around us. In the first reading, we find Paul recognizing Christ in a slave who he now calls a brother. In the Gospel, Jesus talks about how those around him are not seeing who is in their midst. I consider my own experience. I am often too tied up in my work to see God in the world around me. If I did, my sense is I would act in a very different way. I am a questioning person. I listen to the stories of St. Martin of Tours. Some people tell the stories as St. Martin’s visions. Others describe the same stories in terms of what Martin thought he saw. We know that we have perceptions and experiences. The extent of our openness to particular ways of thinking puts limits on how we define the underlying reality. I am reassured by today’s Psalm that reminds us of a protecting God who asks us to put our trust in him. My prayer today is for openness.
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