Legend has it that a Greek ruler once asked Archimedes
to find a way to test whether a crown was made entirely of gold or whether it
had some silver mixed in it. One day when Archimedes stepped into his bath, he
noticed the water rise when he sat down. All of a sudden, he realized that by
comparing weight to volume, you could determine the density of an object. The
legend says that Archimedes jumped out of his bath and ran naked through the
streets shouting, "Eureka! Eureka!" - meaning "I found it! I
found it!"
The same Greek word is used three times at the
beginning of today's gospel. Jesus finds Philip. Philip finds Nathaniel. And
Philip says to Nathaniel, "We have found him about whom Moses in the law
and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth." The Greek
word is eurisko, the same word from which Archimedes got eureka.
May we also come to truly "find" and know
Christ as we continue through this arduous Lenten Journey via prayer, fasting,
study, and charity!
Fr.
John
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