Blog 333
March 25, 2024
MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!
Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.
EMPTINESS HURTS WHEN
Sometimes people have the form of faith but the content is empty. Nothing ever seems to happen for them. They need the resurrection of their withered faith. Then the rest will follow. Father Richard Paullissen discovered the difference.
As a priest, he could say a Mass in 12 minutes flat. He had held retreats lasting for three days and never mentioned God once. All was purely machinical. Rote.
Sound strange? Actually, the problem is rather common. As a Protestant, I’ve met many clergy who could reel off theological ideas like a clockmaker explaining how a clock works, but their personal faith was as dead as the clock. They majored in ideas, but had no idea for how to bring the content to life.
Father Richard Paullissen went to a retreat at a Benedictine Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico. I know the spiritual center well as I lived there for a period of time. Father Paullissen came to a “Life in the Spirit” seminar, aware of his own need. Around 55 people attended, including seven Presbyterians and three priests. Abbott David Garrets always prayed over the gatherings.
I know well how powerful that can be. The Abbot was my Spiritual Director for many years. A brilliant student, Abbot David was a man that the Holy Spirit lived in and filled with divine gifts. However, when the Abbot prayed for Father Paullissen nothing seemed to happen.
A long-haired boy of around eleven years of age stood up. Remembering the passage in Matthew 18:3, “unless you change and become like little children you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven,” Father Richard asked the boy to pray for him. The priest felt nothing.
Feeling empty, Fr. Richard thought he had been passed over and was ready to give up when he glanced at a New Testament beside him. The pages had fallen open to passages he had routinely studied for eight years but suddenly sprang to life before his eyes. Fr. Richard read, “Why do you search for the living among the dead?”
The word “living” exploded in his mind. The concept rang through his entire body. Fr. Richard realized he had been worshipping a dead God, a history book God. He had completely missed the living Christ!
As the realization sunk in, Fr. Richard sensed a presence sitting next to him. He quietly uttered, “Jesus.” The Lord Jesus Christ came into his life. Father Richard was never the same again.
And you? Been worshipping only an “idea?” Meeting the Master makes all the difference. Once you’ve crossed the threshold, everything changes. Is that a miracle? Sure. Once it happens, you’ll remember the moment as the greatest miracle in your life.
Remember miracles never cease!
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