Friday 14 November 2025

Our readings today remind us that God hides in plain sight.
The tragedy is not that He’s invisible —
it’s that we’ve stopped looking.

The Book of Wisdom opens with a sharp challenge to unbelief:

“All men who were ignorant of God were foolish by nature,
and they were unable from the good things they saw
to know Him who is.”

In other words, if you can see the beauty of creation
and not see the hand of the Creator — that’s not science; that’s blindness.

Wisdom isn’t condemning reason; it’s calling reason back home.
The world today often says,
“Show me proof of God.”
And Scripture replies,
“Step outside.”

Every sunrise is an argument for His faithfulness.
Every human face is an icon of His image.
Every heartbeat is evidence that Someone wants you here.

The created world isn’t divine — but it’s charged with divinity.
It’s the fingerprint of a Father who still sustains everything He made.

The author of Wisdom isn’t attacking nature worship out of cynicism,
but because he’s seen what happens when people worship creation instead of the Creator.

He says:

“They are not to be excused,
for if they had the intelligence to speculate about the universe,
how did they not more quickly find its Lord?”

The problem isn’t curiosity — it’s forgetfulness.
The mind that can split atoms but forgets who made atoms
isn’t enlightened; it’s lost.

Faith doesn’t cancel science; it completes it.
Science tells us how things work; faith tells us why they matter.
And when both walk together, creation becomes revelation —
a book of wonder leading to worship.

Then Jesus in the Gospel gives a warning just as modern:

“As it was in the days of Noah,
so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.”

People were eating, drinking, marrying, building —
ordinary life, nothing scandalous —
but they were blind to eternity.
They lived as if God didn’t matter, as if grace didn’t exist.
Then the flood came — and they were unprepared.

It’s not sin alone that destroys a soul;
it’s indifference —
the slow drift into a life without reference to God.

Our age is drowning not in water, but in distraction.
We scroll and consume, argue and achieve,
but forget to ask: “Where is my soul in all this?”

The flood today isn’t outside us — it’s inside us:
a flood of noise, worry, and self-reliance
that can wash faith clean out of the heart.

Jesus adds another image:

“On that day, a man on the roof must not go down to collect his belongings.”

In other words — don’t cling.
When God calls, go.
You can’t pack eternity into a suitcase.

He’s not trying to scare us; He’s trying to wake us.
The point isn’t doom; it’s decision.
Every day is the day to choose who you belong to.
No one plans to ignore God — they just drift until it’s too late.

That’s why the Church keeps us praying, confessing, receiving the Eucharist —
not as routine, but as readiness.
Holiness is the best emergency plan.

Today’s readings give us a simple equation:
Creation + Gratitude = Faith.
Creation – Gratitude = Idolatry.

When you thank God for the beauty around you,
you stay grounded in grace.
When you forget to thank Him,
the world itself becomes your god.

That’s why Jesus tells us to watch, to stay awake,
to live ready, to live grateful.

The world sees the sky and says, “It’s chance.”
The believer sees the sky and says, “It’s love.”

Wisdom says that if we can marvel at the stars,
we should worship the One who set them in motion.
The heavens aren’t the point — they’re the signpost.

So today, remember:
you don’t have to look far for God — only with open eyes.
He’s in the wisdom of the universe and the beating of your heart.
He’s in the stillness of prayer and the bread of this altar.

The Kingdom is not out there; it’s among you.
The proof of God is not hidden; it’s happening.
The end of time isn’t far; it’s near — whenever you love Him first.

Let’s not be like those in Noah’s day who looked up too late.
Let’s be like Wisdom’s children —
eyes open, hearts awake,
seeing creation as the first page of God’s Gospel.