>Maybe they’re simply hungry for some evidence of a power greater than themselves.
What I find sad is that they cannot see God and His work within the change to their lives as evidenced by their spiritual rebirth. As a born again believer, I can always look back at the earlier life, unregenerate and unforgiven, and compare my old self to the new, and see the miracle in the change and throw myself at His feet in utter thankfulness. I always have the evidence within my heart, where the Spirit dwells.
Instead, these poor people cannot see God in what you would describe as the miracle of the Mass, or any of the other sacramentalism as the miracle that continues them in their spiritual journey. They seek something else, beyond the church that supposedly is supplying them with the stuff of Grace, and start looking at shadows and lights on the walls.
Amen!
This is so powerful. If we can't see the change maybe it's because none occurred?
Sure, I can do that, too.
But God works differently in different people's lives, and on different timetables. You're talking about the result of conversion. I'm talking about the call to conversion.