The question of Jesus — “What are you looking for?” — has echoed down the ages. In 1986 U2 sang, “But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.” That almost forty year old song captured the reality of my generation. (Does it still resonate with the younger generation?) The song describes looking for love, fulfillment, meaning but not finding it. What makes it particularly poignant is that it includes even looking at religion for meaning. “You broke the bonds and you loosed the chains/ Carried the cross of my shame/ You know I believe it/ But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.” Even belief did not provide the answer to the spiritual quest. The response that Jesus would make is: “Come and see.” Belief is not something that is your personal possession but something that is lived. The epistle of St. John tells us why we can’t find what you are looking for: no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God,nor anyone who does not love his brother. Belief is not something we know but something we do. Come and see what living as Jesus teaches us and follow in his way and you will find what you are looking for.
