by The Rev. Thomas Bonaventure Devlin, mgc
“The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request…”
Dearest friends in our Lord Jesus Christ, on this Sunday in Ordinary time, we are challenged with our response to our Lord’s appearance to us in our dreams.
The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and said like the bottled Genie:
”Ask something of me and I will give it to you!”
Notice there were no three choices…
Solomon realizing he was young, asked for an understanding heart to be able to judge people and distinguish right from wrong.
The Lord promised Solomon his wishes, and reiterated, “there has never been anyone like you up to now, and after you there will come no one equal to you.”
Can you imagine, our God appearing and wishing to fulfill a any wish you had, and you asked for an understanding heart and the ability to know right from wrong!
That is the beauty of our faith tradition, that here are great people both male and female, who acknowledge God in all God’s majesty.
When God speaks to us in our dreams (God’s favorite medium), we need to hear the voice and respond with generous spirits.
God does not ask anything of us, God asks us what we need…
That is very important. God wants to give us the tools to be instruments of God’s peace.
Doesn’t that make sense when Matthew describes what the kingdom of heaven is like:
It is like a treasure buried in a field…
It is like a merchant searching for fine pearls…
I t is like a net thrown out into the sea…
In reality, it is like our answer to God as God appears to us in our dreams…
As the psalmist reiterates, “Oh Lord, I love your commands!” May our God bless us all, always. Amen
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