On faith

Sunday, January 25, 2026
    Feast of the Conversion of Paul
Meditation:
    People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.
    
    —Mark 10:13-16 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Faith is sometimes equated with credulity, but it can be so equated only when the profound mistake is made of thinking of faith as primarily a matter of intellectual assent. As the New Testament uses the word, faith is trust, acceptance, commitment, vision. It is not a belief in this or that creed, it is a quality which lies rather in the realm of intuition than the intellect. Faith has indeed an element of true simplicity; it is one of the qualities—perhaps the fundamental quality—of the child-like spirit without which no man can enter the Kingdom of God.
    ... Anonymous, attributed to Charles Wesley
    See also Mark 10:13-16; Matt. 18:3; Luke 18:17; Job 19:25-26; Heb. 11:6
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, find the child in me, that I may believe. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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