Loving people is going to take our senses, because people are neither invisible nor beyond human senses and perception.  There is no faith that does not involve seeing.  Both our optical and mental acquisitions serve faith, but our ideas, that is, our perceptions, concepts and conclusions do not serve the faith that brings or sustains life.  It is not fanciful to say that faith causes us to see the unseen. Is not faith about seeing the unseen? So let us not be shaken from the exercise of our minds in matters of trust towards God.

Faith sees with physical eyes

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. (Hebrews 11:27)

People can say they have received a miracle and we should not expect or demand any evidence of the happy event.

So do everyone a favour: quit praying for love.  You have a full cup.  You can also quit praying and fasting for more faith: a microscopic amount will move mountains. How many mountains have you seen moving in the last thirty days?  Are there not a lot of people telling you to forget what you see, hear, smell and feel?  “Just believe…” they say.  The peddlers of signs and wonders wish we would just tell ourselves the opposite of what we are experiencing, but only the most gullible put any credence to that kind of power play.

Faith needs an idea

The best examples of effective faith come to us in the lives of people who responded with abandon to a divine promise.  The faith of Abraham still amazes us because it stood up straight against incredible odds, and all we are doing with our faith is lusting after low level miracles like physical healing and personal achievement.  Miracle-chasing believers are now knocking – like blind homosexuals on Lot’s door – down the pillars of the Eucharist with body for healing and blood for life.  The very idea of eternal life and righteousness are strangers to people of faith.