Today,
the Gospel offers us the opportunity to accede, so to speak, to the
very structure of the divine wisdom. Who, amongst us, would not love
to become acquainted with the unfathomable mysteries of life? There
are enigmas the world's best team of investigators would not even
dream of detecting. There is One however before which «there
is nothing hidden, (...); nor is anything secret» (Mk
4:22). This is the mystery of who calls himself the “Son of man
”, inasmuch He says about himself: «All things have been
handed over to me by my Father» (Mt 11:27). His human
nature —through the hypostatic union— has been
assumed by the Person of the Word of God: He is, in short, the Second
Person of the Holy Trinity, before which darkness does not exist and
for which, night is more luminous than broad daylight.
An Arab proverb says:
«If a pitch black night a black ant climbs over a black wall,
God sees it». There are neither secrets nor mysteries for God.
There are mysteries for us, but not for God, before whom, past,
present and future are open and dug into, to the last comma.
Quite
pleased, the Lord says today: «Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, I praise you, because you have hidden these things from the
wise and learned and revealed them to simple people» (Mt
11:25). Indeed, because no one could pretend to know these or similar
hidden secrets, not even by bringing them out of the darkness through
exhaustive studies, or as the wisdom should. A little old aged woman,
without any school experience, will always be more aware about the
deep secrets of life than the pretentious scientist that has spent an
awful lot of money at reputed universities. Certain science can be
achieved through inner faith, humility and poorness. Clement of
Alexandria very well wrote: «Night is favourable for mysteries;
it is then when our soul —attentive and humble— turns on
itself while pondering over its condition; it is then when it finds
God».
