WORD OF GOD - MT 13:16-17

 MATTHEW 13:16-17

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.

---- mine,

I count you among the blessed because you have been called, chosen, and given freely what many will never receive. You were born into the faith, you did not have to spend a lifetime groping for the Truth. Baptized as an infant, you received the Sacraments you were meant to receive at different stages in your life and you grew in the faith and matured in it. You veered a little from the Way now and then but I wooed you back over and over again. With you as with so many others, all is grace. It pleased My Father to bring you along gently, compassionately, watchfully, so you did not have to struggle too much. Yes, you have had to carry some difficult and painful crosses along the Way but I carried them with you. So yes, you are counted among those blessed to see, to hear, and to possess what many may never see, hear, and possess. But also bear in mind that to whom much is given much will be required.