5 August 2021
Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
There is a human way of thinking, and a divine way of thinking. We naturally have a human way of thinking, but Jesus’ rebuke to Peter (cf. Mt. 16:23) suggests that we might be raised up to the divine way. What must change in Peter’s way of thinking? An ability to embrace the Cross—to live in the midst of the evil of life and know that God is still at work. Peter’s human thinking can acknowledge Jesus as messiah, but it cannot encompass the mess and darkness of life. Divine thinking knows: God’s power will not be overcome.
We have spent the last few days reflecting on God’s power in our lives. Seeing God’s power at work as a concrete reality, recognizing the Eucharist as the source of that power. Now, we must see that power at work even in the darkness. How has God been at work in your darkest moments, and how have you felt His power in those times? The mess and the darkness will be there whether we want them or not. Thinking as God does, we can see the darkness, but know that God’s power is there.