On Wednesdays, I babysit my youngest granddaughter, who is six months old. It is very easy to see the hand of God in my life when she looks at me with those beautiful dark eyes and smiles.
She and I went to morning Mass. Today St. Luke’s gospel told us that Jesus told the crowd of people gathered to hear him speak that “this generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign…. .”
Wow, I thought to myself. Two thousand years ago, and Jesus thought the generation in which he lived was evil. It’s hard to imagine what he would say if he was speaking out loud to a crowd today. I think of the difficulty of staying true to God’s word in this world every time I look at my grandchildren. Every one of them is being reared to be kind and thoughtful, honest and dependable, loving and generous. Still, as they go out the door each day, they face an increasingly secular, greedy, dishonest, and immoral world, an “evil generation.”
Just as in today’s gospel, I think this generation also is seeking a sign. Unfortunately, many are not looking to God for the sign, but instead are looking to worldly things to find happiness. I can’t impact anyone beyond my own family. I hope that I can be a model to my grandkids that the only true happiness comes from letting God lead you. I pray for all of them every day.
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