Carmelite homily for Thursday, March 26, 2020 – Lectionary 247 (John 5:31-47)
In today’s Gospel everyone wants proof, or they want testimony, or they want evidence, but faith doesn’t work that way. Saint John of the Cross writes, “To reach union with the wisdom of God, one must advance by unknowing, rather than knowing.” I think that’s what Jesus is trying to communicate in today’s passage. And what Jesus is trying to communicate to us. If we expect to know everything, all evidence, all testimony in place, we’ll get nowhere. We need to advance by a deeper path – unknowing.
