Tuesday, LUKE 10:21-24

Jesus was getting a taste of success. The seventy whom he had sent out with no resources, “like lambs among wolves” (Lk 10:3), had just returned full of excitement, telling of their success. His way of powerlessness was working. The things that were hidden from “the wise and the intelligent of this world” – hidden by their very wisdom and intelligence – were being made visible through these simple men, these “little ones.” Every disciple needs to learn again to see like a child; we must be like children, Jesus said, if we are to enter the Kingdom of God – which means the presence of God. For the children everything in the world is wonder, not for the adults.
Everyone has eyes and ears, but not everyone can see or hear. The sight is the same, the sound is the same, but the perception is different for each person.
Every Sunday Mass, the word of God is proclaimed. Everyone hears the same proclamation; everyone sees the same liturgy celebrated. But the effect is not the same for everyone. There are some who come out from the Mass the same way as they entered. But there are others who, after hearing the same readings, seeing the same liturgy, go home at peace with God, receiving enlightenment from God.
The Holy Spirit plays a big role in helping a person experience the revelation of God through seemingly ordinary events. But for the Holy Spirit to work, it needs openness from our part, a willingness to listen and make available our hearts for the Holy Spirit to start working and reveal what is hidden. The danger for some of us is that we don't think God can surprise us with anything. In the first reading today Isaiah was trying to instill hope, painting a vision of an ideal world that awaited the Israelites. Critics might say he is nuts…. A wolf the guest of the lamb? Wild animals led by a child? Never happen.” They remind us that the One we call “God” is beyond anything we can imagine!
When we control our lives too much, we don't allow the Lord to use the Holy Spirit to enter our lives giving us new perspective on how we can look at things. Let us trust in the Holy Spirit and take a chance!