experience how small you are - 14th week saturday

Today we read from the book of the prophet Isaiah.  It is the passage that narrates his call, his vocation, and his choice to accept the mission God has entrusted to him.

Before he was sent, Isaiah was made to experience the greatness, the immensity, eminence, the magnitude of God. God is seated on the throne and surrounded by angels who cried, Holy, Holy Holy, the trisagion, the thrice holy God which we repeat every mass during the sanctus.  This is the highest form of the superlative in Hebrew to depict that God has no equal in holiness.  Why is this? 

In Sydney Australia there is a mountain range so beautiful, so vast, so majestic.  It is a popular resort with forest reserves and a vast network of caves.  Printed on a bus which advertises the resort, the caption says, "experience how small you are."  Amidst the vast mountain range, amidst the forest so huge one could not see its boundaries though perched on a peak, amidst the intricate network of caves so big one can put churches inside it, the advertisement says come and see how small you are.

This is also the experience of Isaiah before God.  He realized how small he was, how tiny he was, how unworthy he was in the midst of the all-powerful, thrice holy God.  We should be made to experience that especially when we think ourselves too important, too proud, too arrogant.

Before the beach today, under the sky we are made to realize our littleness.  Before the Eucharist we are made to realize our unworthiness.  Be always humble in the presence of your community.  Yes each one is important but be always aware of your littleness.  Always make yourself available for the community whether in the responsibilities your carry or in the duties entrusted to you, and even in the little task we voluntarily do.    Be aware always of your littleness.