psalm 19; our surroundings speak of God - 32nd week Friday 2017

Today we read psalm 19.  “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.”  It tells us that the sky proclaims the marvel of God’s work.  
When was the last time you took time just to look to sky and admire the light of the moon and the stars?  When was the last time you allowed the beauty of your surroundings to speak of the beauty and the goodness of God?

Then the psalm continues, "Day pours out the word to day, and night to night imparts knowledge."
Even the succession of day and the night says the psalm are messengers of the good news.  When was the last time you sat down to admire the dawn or the sunset and allow these to speak to you of the faithfulness of God?

St. John Chrysostom says, “The silence of the heavens is a voice that resounds louder than a trumpet blast:  this voice cries out to our eyes and not to our ears, the greatness of Him who made them”

Today we celebrate the solemnity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Patroness of the Archdiocese of Jaro of which we are part.  If there is one admirable character in the saint it was her ability to read the presence and the will of God in the things that she saw, in the incidents and happenings that transpired, and in the needs of the people.  This is what made her a saint to ordinary people.  That is why when she was made a saint the first to stand as witnesses to her sanctity were her maids. Many times it is our helpers who knows a lot of bad things about us, isn't it?  But in St. Elizabeth it was the servants who became witnesses of her sanctity.  
Let us learn from the lesson proposed by psalm 19 – allow the day to day events, allow the ordinary, our routine, to speak to us about God and his will.