The words we use can express different levels of meaning.
Some words go deeper than others, we know it.
To get a glimpse of something or to catch sight of someone, is different from truly looking at the thing or the person.
Looking at a scene, staring at somebody, this too is different.
Seeing itself is also different from perceiving which implies something more…
And we all know that we may be looking… without seeing!…
This reflection came to me as a few words of today’s gospel caught my attention (15th Sunday of Year A – Mt.13:1-23).
A single line suddenly caught my sight.
It is the one which gives Jesus words as he says:
“Happy are your eyes because they see.” (v.16)
I stopped reading, there and then I paused…
I paused and… I asked myself whether this ‘beatitude’ is mine!
My questioning led me to ask whether I truly see the sights, the scenes, the situations of my daily life, as God would want me to…
More still, do I perceive there God’s presence?
Do I discern God’s message?
Perhaps much of life is about SEEING… as God sees!…