My eldest child, Josephine (Jojo) E. Cagurangan, texted to me the following:
“The Lord hides Everything in Nothing.
He hides a tree in a seed.
He hides a King in a Shepherd Boy.
He hides a Savior in a Baby.
Aren’t you excited to see what He is hiding in you?
Be prepared for the Big Blessings
that God will provide You in the coming year.
Just Believe.”
Reflecting on what she said I added further:
“God hides Himself in a small bread –
the Sacred Host.”
For several days I have been pondering on the veracity of the above statements.
I zeroed in on what is most familiar to me, the SEED.
The seed, indeed, is very small. But when planted in a soil, watered and fertilized, it grows into a big tree. What man does is just to plant, water and fertilize it. But who makes it grow? Is this not a proof of the hidden power of God?
When I visit the Lord Jesus Christ at the Adoration Chapel, I try to imagine the Greatness of God hidden in that small Sacred Host. Seeing Him with the eyes of Faith I then genuflect with both knees and bow my head till it reaches the floor to manifest my humble homage and complete surrender to Him as my Lord and Creator; for it is said that “actions speak louder than words”.
This mystery of God’s Hidden Power is actually the theme of a song entitled: “How Great Thou Art”. The first stanza of the song says: “Oh Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder; consider all the world Thy hands have made. I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder; Thy power throughout the universe displayed.” The refrain: “Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee. How great Thou art, how great Thou art.”
Truly, the whole of creation is a manifestation of God’s infinite Power. Nobody and nothing can exist even for a moment without the creative power of God. Hence, as I look at the visible world – the people now living in it, and all the creatures, animate or inanimate, I cannot but be awed at the Greatness of God whose personality, I believe, is hidden in His creation.
This, I would say, is the function of Faith – to see the INVISIBLE GOD in this VISIBLE WORLD.
During our lifetime it is thru the gift of Faith that we can communicate with the HIDDEN GOD – through “PRAYER”. In the next life, however, spiritual writers tell us that we shall be blessed with the gift of “BEATIFIC VISION”, which would enable us to “SEE GOD FACE TO FACE”.
This “BEATIFIC VISION” is the greatest blessing that God would bestow on us, His
creatures. His infinite BEAUTY and GREATNESS would certainly fill us with an indescribable happiness that will last forever – the fulfillment of God’s design in creating us, which is TO SHARE WITH US HIS INFINITE HAPPINESS.
by: Salvador 'Buddy' Cagurangan
January 9, 2011
