Daily Meditation: Tuesday, October 9, 2001

When Jesus said to his disciples, 'If you had faith as …

10/09/2001

When Jesus said to his disciples, 'If you had faith as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it would move.' Of course, the mountain is symbolic. It represents problems, great difficulties in life, which human beings can move - that is to say, resolve, overcome - solely with the help of faith. Stone by stone, after a year, two years, ten years, they manage to move mountains. Of course, they feel it takes a long time and would prefer it to go faster. In that case, they should work like ants that manage to move whole mountains of grains in no time at all - proportionally, they are mountains for them! How do they manage? An ant does not work alone, there are vast numbers of them working together. The conclusion to be drawn is that we will never move mountains alone, selfishly. If history has known great achievements, it is because men gathered to work together. To move mountains means to overcome obstacles that are opposed to the coming of the kingdom of God.