Daily Reflection: Monday, February 7
Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
The Lord intends to dwell in the dark cloud. (1 Kings 8:12)
This section of 1 Kings describes the event of dedicating the Temple built by Solomon. Once the Ark is installed in the Holy of Holies, the temple is filled with an awesome cloud. Sometimes I feel like God is shining on me as a bright light, but mostly God seems hidden in a cloud. It is in the cloud that I have to seek God. I may be groping around, but I am, nonetheless, assured of God’s presence.
John Frambes, ofm