Daily Inspiration

“Philip found Nathanael and told him, ‘We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth.” But Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”—John 1:45-51

God is not out there, somewhere; He is right here, His hand firmly holding each soul. He knows every thought and every need of each of His children. He sees each of us, buried deep in thought under our own fig tree.

Christ calls each child from the base of that tree to the foot of the cross, at every Mass. He calls us to Himself, alive in the Eucharist, where heaven opens, and the angels and saints descend upon the earth, in worship of the Son of Man, Our Lord, Jesus Christ.

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