You know why everyone pretty much ignored Mad-Eye Moody (or
really Barty Crouch Jr., who was pretending to be Mad-Eye Moody) in Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire?
Probably because he was always harping on about constant vigilance, and
people were tired. People were tired of
having to keep their guard up all the time.
They had lived through eleven years of Voldemort, followed by thirteen
years of relative calm and they thought the worst was over. Not Moody!
He knew what would happen when and if he relaxed, and it did.
Constantly being on alert is tiring. We are tempted to give up when things get
difficult or drag on for weeks or months on end. We are merely human after all. But that is not how God works. God can maintain constant vigilance because
He is a divine being. He does not suffer
the same “weaknesses” of humanity. That
is why we can and should always place our trust in Him.
Fr. Erik mentioned in his homily this past weekend that if
God ever stopped caring for us, we would simply cease to exist. This same theme comes up in our Gospel
reading for this coming Sunday. Peter
goes to Jesus across the water of the Sea of Galilee and when he starts to
doubt, he begins to sink. But Jesus is
there to lift him up again and help him back on the path of following him.
When our vigilance wavers, God is always there waiting for us to return to Him. In what ways have you lost your path, and how can you ask for help to return to God?
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