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[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends,* the famous call of the Vatican II fathers



* to "read the signs of the times" is grounded in Jesus’ exhortation in the
Gospel for today. Followers of Jesus are meant to look at the world with
clear eyes, to see what is happening, to be attentive. But this attention
is of a particular type. It is not the attention of the scientist or the
philosopher or the politician—though it can include those. It is an
attention to the things of God.I have often argued that many of us today
are still enthralled to a Deist view of God, whereby God is a distant and
aloof first cause of the universe, uninvolved with the world he has made.
But Thomas Aquinas taught that God is in all things "by essence, presence,
and power," and that God providentially cares for every aspect of his
creation. Therefore, we should expect to see signs of his presence and
activity in nature, in history, and in human affairs. And once we see, we
are meant to speak! In a way, followers of Jesus are not looking at the
signs of the times for their own benefit, but rather that they might share
their prophetic perspective with everyone else. So look around, look with
attention, look with the eyes of faith!*
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