FROM "not good" to VERY GOOD

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

There is something very interesting stated in the First Reading today.
Here in this 2nd Chapter of Genesis, we find our Lord, creating the world...He has declared so many things good, indeed everthing is good that God creates. But then suddenly, we hear these surprising words...."it is not good"...what is not good?? God declares, "It is not good for man to be alone." Isn't that interesting??? God recognizes our loneliness and he calls it by its name, i.e. "not good". And then, not only does he create a solution for man's loneliness, but he creates a salvation. i.e. Woman. For now, for the first time Love is introduced into the world that God has created, and with that, there is indeed a goodness.

If we fast forward to the Gospel for today, we find the Pharisees. And they are looking for love. They come to the Lord with a question about marriage and divorce. And notice well, that the Lord takes them back to the beginning. He reminds them that we are made not for divorce, not to live life on our own terms, but to be in right order, right relationship. We are made for Love.

My friends, the question of the Pharisees is alive today as ever, although today the questions are not so much about divorce but about same-sex marriage and the like. All of which proves that we are still hungry for love. There is still in creation, a restlessness, something that is not good. Our hearts are still hungry.

And so, we turn to the Lord. For Jesus Himself, sees our need. In fact, he experiences it...for Jeus himself became like us, like us in all things but sin. He knows then what it is like to be lonely, to be hungry, to be in need of love. And because he is God, this brings to each and every one of us, to each and every hunger that we might experience, a profound hope. That is, that God experiences, and knows our needs.

My friends, as we consider this Good News, let us allow our Lord to provide for our many hungers. Let us seek his presence in our lives and come to know that which is very good...the life of Christ, active and alive within each one of us.