“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.”
These words given by Saint Paul to the Hebrews accounts the reality of a promise which invites us to believe.
Abraham was given a promise that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars of the sky and as countless as the sands on the seashore. Through this promise he was invited to believe in God and journey towards Him day by day. Abraham and his descendants came to be lifted out of darkness and were moved towards the light of faith.
Jesus also gives us a promise inside of our Gospel which invites us to enter into further belief. Therefore, we were told: “Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival… The master will put the servant in charge of all his property.”
This verse promises eternal life to us. All that we have to do is remain viligant and faithful to Him. We are being invited to have faith such as Abraham had faith in God’s healing words. Do we have such faith?
We must each remember that none of us knows the day nor the hour of our death. There are some who get caught up in end time prophecy and forget about what is really important. The reality is there will come a time when we will die. This thought may be shocking and fill our heart with despair.
As people of faith it shouldn’t be this way. The Preface for a Funeral Mass instructs us, “Life has changed, but not ended.” This is a beautiful thought because it is a reality. In other words, Jesus has promised this reality to those who remain faithful to Him. If one is to remain faithful they must remain on guard.
Therefore, “faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.” Heaven is something that each of us should hope for and yet Heaven is something that none of us have seen. Our hope must be in Christ and His words reveal only that which is true to us.
Let us be sent forth from here in order to elevate our sight upwards towards Him with the true desire to have belief based upon all that God has given to us. This “is realization of what is hoped for” and the “evidence of things not seen.”
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