Knowing how to name something gives us the ability to understand how to utilise a physical object, as well as how to establish a relationship with a person. However, it is possible to confuse the two as we start to use people and relate more to things. This utilitarian approach can often enter our lives unnoticed. The result is that we begin to adopt this approach in different aspects of our lives. We undertake our politics based on what a person can do for us rather than the vision that calls us to look beyond ourselves. In our relaxation, we can follow a team when they are winning, but decry them when they lose. There can be a tendency to own people and collect things.
Yet in the gospel reading, we see that our ability to name Christ correctly changes our own vision. It becomes clear that we can stand against the things that disrupt our human lives. We can start to be the kind of people who unbind others and set them free. There is an understanding that heaven is wedded to earth, and our decisions matter in how we run the race.
This allows us to be people who seek to reflect on how God meets us in our daily lives. This is not just a matter of wishful thinking, but of being present with courage and faith. The belief that our lives can produce good for others, even when we feel that we are besieged by forces beyond our control. Like Peter in his prison, he did not give up hope but prayed unceasingly to God. When we are trapped by our fears and doubts, may God undo the knots that bind us and set us free.
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