That is why I speak to them in parables; because they look and do not see; they hear;
but they do not listen or understand. In them, the words of the prophet Isaiah are fulfilled:
However much you hear, you do not understand; however much you see, you do not perceive.
For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears hardly hear and their eyes dare not see.
If they were to see with their eyes, hear with their ears and understand with their heart,
they would turn back, and I would heal them. But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
For I tell you, many prophets and righteous people have longed to see the things you see, but they did not see them;
and to hear the things you hear, but they did not hear them.

REFLECTION:
The estimable National Geographic photographer, Dewitt Jones, confessed that to produce a great picture
one does not SEE first and then BELIEVE. It is the other way around: one has to BELIEVE FIRST before
he SEES the hidden glory of an object or scenery. You just have to wait for your soul to click and then your camera clicks.
Our Gospel likewise suggests that a true believer is not an inquirer. Inquirers are not contented with what they see,
they just keep on asking and investigating. A true believer is a FINDER. A finder looks at things as
revealed to him than discovered by him. He then begins with being sure of what he can see.
He readily finds God’s hand in everything to be seen, without doubts and further questions.

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