Scripture
can be so compelling and vivid, it can seem like a movie enfolding right before
our very eyes. In our first
reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we hear about a court official to the
Queen of the Ethiopians who receives the call to journey to Jerusalem to
worship God, a God that he really doesn’t know about and that he really doesn’t
understand. The Lord
sends Philip to greet this court official, to teach him about the reading from the
prophet Isaiah that the Eunuch is trying to read, to teach him about the Lord
of Life. Philip
disappears from this scene just as quickly as he appeared, as he is sent to
another land to spread the word of God to others. Yet,
before he leaves, Philip baptizes the court official in a body of water that
they come upon.
We hear
about such miraculous stories of faith in Sacred Scripture, of how the Lord
touches the hearts of different people, bringing them to him through great odds
& difficult circumstances. And how
often do we take our faith for granted, not wanting to be inconvenienced or
finding excuses why we don’t spend time with the Lord. We need
to be inspired by today’s reading, of how this Gentile court official goes out
of our way to discover more about the faith and to find out more about what he
doesn’t understand about God.
May the
Lord continue to lead us and guide us along our journey of faith. May he set our hearts on fire with a love of
God and the curiosity to always want to learn more and to grow in the ways of
faith.
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