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"They may hear and listen, but not understand" (Mark 4:12).
What does the voice of God sound like? When He talks to us, do we hear Him?
Our Creator blessed most of us with the ability to perceive sound—what a beautiful instrument we have to receive His Word. But hearing is only a physical device which means nothing at all, if we don't allow His messages to resound in our hearts. We must welcome the sounds of God, for our ability to hear becomes an even greater gift when we use it to accept with faith the words of His Son, "Whoever has ears ought to hear."
One of our parish Sunday Holy Masses is signed for the hearing impaired. It provides the deaf an opportunity to participate in the Mass and to "hear" the scripture readings of the day. The deaf may not be able to detect sound, but they are just as capable of receiving and understanding God's Word as a hearing person. Whether we hear with our ears or through an interpreter, we must first accept Jesus, then ask Him to reveal to us what He did for His Twelve, "The mystery of the Kingdom of God has been granted to you" (Mark 4:11).
We all have the same disabilities when it comes to "hearing" God's Word, yet we're all called to enter His Kingdom. In order to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, we must enter and become His disciples, for if we stay outside, everything remains unknown.
Elizabeth Tichvon is a Catholic writer and Consecrated Marian Catechist under the Direction of His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke. Always faithful to the Magisterium, she spreads and defends the Catholic faith as a true witness of Christ, confessing the name of Jesus boldly, never ashamed of the Cross.
Elizabeth became aware of the need for the New Evangelization while in the two years of her formation as a Marian Catechist and wrote over 200 published meditations on Sacred Scripture from the daily Liturgy of the Word for various Catholic websites, and following Jesus' example, now teaches through her own parables so that by sharing her stories through social media, might bring others closer to the heart of Christ. She is currently a regular columnist at Catholic365 and as a Marian Catechist, her spiritual life is the foundation of her writing.
She completed UCLA's Graduate Program With Honors and worked as a Paralegal for 32 years before retiring from Chrysler's Office of the General Counsel in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Elizabeth's website may be found at elizabethtichvon.net
