Thursday, October 3, 2024

Sacramental Eyes

To see with a sacramental view is an essential and basic aspect of being Catholic, not just living but being. But too often we do not see as we ought, as God intended us to see.

Sin blinds us. Grace clears our vision.

To see with sacramental eyes leads naturally to wonder and awe because you see mystery not to be solved but to be embraced.

To see the world thru a sacramental perspective opens the mind and heart to have encounters of love with God, self, and others because you see God incarnate and you see the image of God in every person. And then everything can be experienced as a matter of grace.

To love thy neighbor as thyself requires sacramental eyes.

To tend the garden given to us by God requires sacramental eyes.

To forgive others as you have been forgiven and to love even your enemies requires sacramental eyes.

To have sacramental eyes is to see how God truly created all and everything, out of nothing and from self-giving love.

To love as God loves us requires a sacramental view of reality.