Seeing is Believing!

The title of today's blog is a familiar line to us, "Seeing is Believing." How many times have we heard that? Maybe we are one of those people who say that a lot. I have used this line for homilies when I am talking about faith. In order to believe we would like to see but we know that does not always happen. We have to take things on faith and that is where we pray that our faith will always be strong. The gospel from St. Matthew today is just like that (12:38-42). Some of the Scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus that they would like to see a sign but no sign would be given. The only sign that is given is that as Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish so will the Son of Man spend three days and three nights in the earth. As Jesus said, there is something greater here. Jesus is the one who comes to redeem us, to save us. As our Lord says elsewhere in the gospels, you have faith in God, so also have faith in me. We need to grow and nurture our faith for it is also a precious gift from God. We may not be able to see in order to believe, but we can see all things with the eyes of faith. God Bless you today!!!