“What are you looking for?” This is the question that Jesus asks two men who are intrigued by him after they hear John the Baptist call him the Lamb of God. Many in our modern world are searching for something in their lives because of they feel unfulfilled in their daily reality. Unfortunately, many try to fill this void in their lives with other things, such as drugs, alcohol, music, video games, entertainment, pleasure, or even work. Many of these things are not bad in themselves in moderation, if we don’t make them our idols or our gods. Yet, if we are looking for something in our life, our faith is where we are called to find it.
Yet, we won’t always get an answer to all the questions we have. Many times we will have to walk by faith and to accept that some of truths of our faith will remain a mystery to us. We are to learn and our journey. Indeed, it is not only the end point, but the journey itself is important as well.
We celebrate St Elizabeth Ann Seton today. She was born in a wealthy Episcopalian here in the American colonies in the late 18th century a couple of years before we became an independent country. Her father was only of the first public health officials in New York City. She became Catholic after the death of her husband while on a trip to Italy. Her own father was a great example of someone who lived a life of charity toward others. Elizabeth Ann Seton gives us a great example of faith today as the first American born Catholic to be beatified, as the founder of the first American religious community for women, the Sisters of Charity, as the founder of the first American parish-affiliated Catholic school, and as the founder of the first American Catholic orphanage. Jesus asks all of us: What are you looking for? Elizabeth Ann Seton answered this question through her life of faith, serving God in humility and grace and serving her brothers and sisters. We are called to answer this same question with our own lives of faith.
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