NOTES for Luk 11:29-33
We are blind and deaf. God is near us and addresses us, but we do not hear. Most often He speaks to us through those close to us, but most often we not only do not listen to them, we do not even want to hear them. Our heart has turned to stone; it has forgotten how to see and hear; it closes itself when the Lord stands at its door and knocks.
Of course, it is easier to live with a closed heart. It hurts less; nothing wounds, grieves, or touches us. But God does not break down closed doors, and without understanding what we are doing, when we close ourselves out of fear of pain, we deprive ourselves of joy and light.
The season of Lent is a time when it is easier to change something. Alone it is harder; in Lent it is easier, because the whole Church is walking the path of repentance and change. Perhaps for some of us this Lent will become the time when we can open the doors of our heart and throw them wide open before God.