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 he 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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