It is very easy to lose sight and to lose hope while this crisis is going on. The news and social media does a rather impressive job of painting grim picture. Along with leadership that is doing best or worse they can depending on who is doing the talking. No matter how you look at things. It seems the news is constantly bad and will not be getting better anytime soon. It is enough for anyone to sight of any thing positive and to lose hope that anything will get better.
My own spirit has been troubled as of late. Both in part due to the slow opening of the diocese, the various (and probably needed) restrictions on the Mass. But also from the reactions of people who spend their days grumbling over what is going on. The frustration is high enough that people will lash out at anyone who challenges their view of how things are or how they should be. No matter what opinion you have.
One of the biggest questions that has been on my mind in all of this has been: "Where is our faith?". The question itself comes in the form of a rather stunning rebuke of Peter. This is recorded in the 14th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. Specifically at the end of verse 31: "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?". Many of us have probably been feeling more like Peter than we would ever care to admit. No one can be blamed given the current events. Still we must how much do we truly believe in God that He can and will change things for the better. Do we have the level of faith required for this? Or are we content just to let things remain and wallow in self pity.
For God to be willing to anything for us. It requires an amazing act of total surrender on our parts. A prayerful desire that we want the current storm to pass. That we want things to get better sooner rather than later. So they do not drag on endlessly. A deep faith and total trust in God is needed. For our faith in Christ needs to be with out any question or doubt. This is by no means easy. Given the current state of the world.
God has been tempering us for sometime. We have the choice on these events making us stronger in our walk with Christ. Or shatter our faith into total oblivion. If we want to be stronger. If we want things to change. Then we must commit to prayer and not give up any hope. Even when it seems that the news does not get any better. The choice has always been ours. We can either spend all our days an energy complaining about what is going on around us. To focus on all the negative aspects of our lives. Or we can put our faith in Christ above all else. Taking that time and effort and put it into deep, constant, daily prayer. We cannot do both. God sometimes asks us "Where is your faith?" If anything right now, this is very much the time, to show the world where our faith is at. Even with in the Bible and the lives of the Saints the message is clear: If we want things to change sooner than later we must surrender to Christ and put all of our energy into prayer. Amen?
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