Homily for Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary time

Some people tried to test Jesus by asking Him to show a miracle from heaven to prove that He was working on God's behalf. They didn't realize how God was already present and at work in Jesus' ministry. Jesus said that if He was able to drive out demons by God's power, then it was clear that God was helping Him, even if people didn't understand it. He didn't need to perform a miracle to show that He had authority.

Even today, some people are still fascinated by amazing and miraculous events. It is sad to miss how God is with us through the kindness, good deeds, and prayers of others. In our daily lives, it can be easy to overlook these essential truths.

On a war memorial in Kilkenny, Ireland, the words of Irish Republican, poet, and journalist Joseph Mary Plunkett are engraved: "I see His blood upon the rose and in the stars the glory of His eyes." He recognized the presence of Jesus in nature. The finest aspects of human nature and relationships can convey the presence and action of God in our lives even more profoundly.