Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.
When God speaks from the tempests of our lives, we have to listen, hear, and understand. The might of God calls us out of our selves with all our hypocrisies, blind spots, and self-pity.
So, God spoke to Job, asking, “Do you have any idea who I am, what I am and how I am? Do you have any knowledge of the height and breadth of heavens or of the depths and mystery of the ocean floor?”
We could be brash to say that we have launched the new James Webb telescope which can reach light years closer towards the beginning of the universe. We could also argue that we have drones that can walk the ocean floor two and a half miles below the surface of the ocean to show us many exotic and splendid creatures. This, however, would be a lame response.
We still do not know half the mysteries of our earth, our moon, our sun and our universe. We may know more than our grandparents, but future generations will know more than we know. The fulness of our knowledge of the mysteries of God’s creation, like the fulness of our knowledge of God, must wait until we enter God’s eternity through death and resurrection.
Like Job, we must shrink back into lowliness, put our hand over our mouths and surrender to God.
May sorrows and tribulations, may anxiety and disappointments, may pride and self-sufficiency not overwhelm you, but may you know the mercy, the strength, the power of God’s love and care for you.