Six Sunday in Easter...

Six Sunday in Easter...
Once there was a famous priest who did miracles and wonders, and man came to him saying, "Please, Father, pray for my hearing". The priest right away touched the man's ears and prayed for him for forty minutes and then he looked at him and asked, "How is your hearing...how is your hearing?" The man said, "I don't know Father. My hearing isn't until next week".
Today's Gospel reading invites us to know that the indwelling of God, the presence of God, in every one of us.
 Friends in Christ, every time we come to Church, we are given a especial blessing to know the presence of God in us and everytime we receive any of the Church's sacraments, we come to the presence of Christ in us and every time we extend ourselves to the needs of others, we come the know the presence of God in every one of us. God is always with us.
Today one of the greatest challenges is 'Isolation'. There are more than 25% of people live alone. Parents, Spouses and Children live as strangers to each other. Today children especially do things alone, playing alone, eating alone and dealing with their challenges alone. But as believers of Christ, we do not need to be alone at all. Because the indwelling of God, the presence of God is always with us.
Christ  who came for us; Christ who died for us and Christ who came back to life for us is always with us. As we open ourselves and let Him in into our hearts, see begin to see miracales and wonders around us.
Saint Francis of Assisi was an ardent advocate of the doctrine of the indwelling God in man. God's presence is in every person. Once he met with a man who refused to believe in God. As the saint was walking with the non-believer, they met with a blind person. Saint Francis looked at him and said, "what would you do if I restore your sight?" The man said, "I will follow you for the rest of my life.  I will serve you for the rest of my life" . At that point, Saint Francis of Assisi looked at the non-believer and said, "why don't you love God who created you with sight".
There is an invisible force namely the presence of God that directs us to do everthing. Even what we see and understand the visible world is not even ten percent and how could we understand and know the invisible world. All we have to give ourselves to Christ and He will give us the Holy Spirit to know the truth.
Once a little boy saw his grandpa being sad and asked why. The grandpa said, "Son, there are two wolves fighting in me, the good one and the bad one". The boy asked, "Which one is going to win, grandpa?" The grandpa said, "The one I feed the most".
Conclusion:
Which one we are going to feed the most, the material world or the divine world. As we come to know more and more the indwelling presence of God in us, then we do not need to go after things, people and perishable things, they all come to us. yes, it is because what belongs to God comes to God and since God dwells in us, they all come to us. So let us see God and His presence and then everything will be given to us. Amen.