God's presence went unnoticed (Fr. Dave Ghiorso)

    The tragedy is not that God was absent; the tragedy was that God’s presence went unnoticed. 

    I think this could be a warning for us today. I believe the Lord often draws near in our own lives and we fail to recognize him. Maybe he comes in the person we find difficult to be around. Maybe he comes in that moment of silence that we kind of rush through and ignore. Maybe he comes in our conscience, that tug that we also ignore. Maybe he comes in that invitation to prayer that we postpone. Maybe he comes in the needs of those who are struggling: the poor, the sick, the suffering, the outcast, the immigrant. 

    Jesus weeps not to condemn but because he longs for us to experience that peace and to receive that peace he offers. 

   What might be ways that we are missing that peace that Christ is offering? 

--Fr. Dave Ghiorso, Homily,
OLMC, November 20, 2025

Image source: William Holman Hunt, The Finding of the Savior in the Temple (1854-1855), detail, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Finding_of_the_Saviour_in_the_Temple#/media/File:William_Holman_Hunt_-_The_Finding_of_the_Saviour_in_the_Temple_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg