When you’re on a long road trip, there’s a certain comfort in the signs along the highway. You know the ones — a sign a few miles out letting you know a rest stop is ahead… and then another right before the exit. One to alert you, and one to remind you. That’s usually all you need to trust it’s there. But imagine if, instead, there were one hundred signs between you and that exit. At some point, it wouldn’t feel reassuring — it would feel unnecessary… maybe even a little ridiculous. And yet, in our spiritual lives, we often want many signs from God to reassure us. We tell ourselves, “If I just saw something more, I would believe.”

But the real issue isn’t the absence of signs. It’s our struggle to recognize and trust what’s already been revealed — what’s right in front of us.

Because faith doesn’t come from endlessly receiving more proof. It comes from responding to the signs we’ve already been given.

At some point, the question shifts from: “Will God show me more?” to: “Will I trust what I’ve already seen?”

So today, Father Pat McGrath challenges us — when we find ourselves asking God for a sign — to stop and wonder if He already has.