Reflection: Whose
voice do these sheep follow? Is it not the voice of Christ Jesus?
Is
he alive or dead? He is indeed alive
Is
he with us or not? Though he is alive, visibly he is not with us, but invisibly
he is with us, yet in all this he is visible to those who seek him earnestly.
If
we have to listen to his voice then, how would modern psychiatry look at it?
They may say, if you are hearing voices then you have a psychological problem
and may bracket you with similar cases of paranoids.
Now
there are various ways we can hear the voice of our beloved but prior to
knowing we need to have him as our beloved.
We
cannot have someone as our beloved without spending time with the person; thru
prayer, word and sacrament and fellowship with his chosen ones.
When
we do the above then even in our quite moments it will be moments when the
beloved speaks through these interactions of daily life.
He
the shepherd could then speak even through others and through creation, but
they are not primary modes through which he speaks. He speaks through them because we know him
and thus we are able to pick up his voice through these intermediaries too, who may
occasionally or always imitate him.
It
is like a person telling me that I sometimes hear my father speak through you
because you resemble so very much like him or the way you express is like him
and he used to use similar phrases or had similar characteristics.
Thus,
by first knowing the beloved we are able to hear his voice everywhere we go and
at anytime.
It
can rarely happen that we should hear the beloved speak through intermediaries, whether
it be the poor or the marginalized or be it anyone or anything, if we do not know the beloved Shepherd
intimately.
Prayer: Thank you Jesus for opening my eyes to your
wisdom, let me seek to know you and your love so that I may see your presence everywhere and listen to your voice wherever I go.
DD = Dedicated
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in the Lord with us
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