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Lumen Fidei – Day 3–June 11, 2014

I thought the line describing parenthood as the “aspect of human life which has always appeared most "full of promise", namely, parenthood, the begetting of new life” was very reflective. I think it is true. There is a lot to the idea and the thought of wanting to be a parent and there is no more important job a person will have. It is such a challenge to know whether you are doing the right thing by your child or completely screwing up. But I might question whether it is the aspect “most full of promise” anymore. It seems like more and more people are choosing to not have children. It is a sad, maybe the saddest, commentary on the world that people are so wrapped into themselves that they cannot give that up to give their lives to a child. In a world where having a child is not as prevalent, you wonder if the lessons of Abraham and his sacrifice, and in relation the sacrifice of God in His son Jesus Christ, isn’t missed by a generation that thinks child rearing is old fashioned and too time consuming. What does a person that shrugs off the idea of parenthood so easily think of their relationship with God as Our Father?

I have never heard that the opposite of faith is idolatry. That is very interesting. One of the reasons given for losing faith is the patience it takes to wait for God. With that in mind, it seems an easy jump to seeing a world that wants everything instantaneously to stop waiting for God and turn to something that gives results right now. I think that is why taking time to just be still and silent is such an important part of any prayer life. Taking time to get away and be still, to be completely inefficient in the eyes of the world, is exactly what you need to find the light the God is trying to shine. In playing off the saying that was used, in the silence you can turn from the face that is not a face to the Face we are meant to see.

I was trying to find one of my own pictures showing light shining down through St. Peter’s, but this one will due. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/7DSLNpQOtjs/Tgo_fTfjOyI/AAAAAAAAAHs/rCtVmQ_QSaM/s1600/coherent%2Blight%2Bat%2BSt%2BPeters.png