On the Numerous Ways to Find Christ 

Every man who seeks God in his heart forges through different streams to find Him.  There is no set course that we can follow.  Perhaps God chooses it for us and if we stray from the course, he quickly develops another eddy or current for us to find our way in the right direction again…yet we suddenly find that we have ended up on an entirely different route.  Same destination…just different scenery. 

They say all roads lead to Rome.  But what surprises many people is that there are so many roads…and we discover new ones every day.

What’s most ironic about all of this is that the path away from God is so cliché and well tread.  The reasons people give for falling from God are always predictable.  A misunderstanding about why God created things the way he did.  A misunderstanding of pain and suffering.  An evil that plagues someone and keeps them from accepting God’s love.  And finally, the one that is most common:  the refusal to accept authority. 

The arguments against the church are equally as predictable…and as easily refuted.  Any one who takes debate in defense of his faith quickly notices a pattern of arguments that ultimately become mundane.  In short, apologetics can easily grow boring.

To anyone in such a position, I would say that it is time to move on.  Step back further to see the bigger picture.  Then find another small point on which to focus.  As if in a vast sea, an adventurous Catholic will never tire of the uncharted beauty that he will find.  And he can always explore one point as deeply as he desires, without ever running out of fresh ideas and concepts to contemplate during prayer and meditation.

This is the beauty of the real Truth.  The fact that it is bottomless.  As for those who never dive, I would say that the sea they travel could never be more incomplete.

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