+ The readings today do what the daily readings so often do: they speak in a timely fashion the mood,
climate and reality of the situations that we find ourselves in.
On this Independence Day, in
the United States, like no other time in our history, the very “fabric of the
flag,” the “substance of our being,” the “framework of our existence” is in
jeopardy of a fatal encounter with destiny of a modern nation which has lost
its vision, lost its guts, lost its mind! Something needs to be done – and soon!
The metastatic cancerous
presence of a man who is preeminently demonstrating his unfitness for holding
the office of president of the union, by the hour degrades, devalues and
destroys what holds us together, and not only us, but also the stability of the
family of world nations of which we are a part. He is unraveling and
dismantling a basic dynamic of trust / loyalty / right action!
And just as Sodom and
Gomorrah, of the first reading today, suffered grave consequences for their
lack of moral judgement, accountability and right action, so too, the very
Author of all Law, Justice and Consequence will bring to naught the ignorant
and foolish people who not only perpetrate the offense, but also, those who
stood by and said and did nothing to help counter the downslide.
This of course will negate and
mock all of the sacrifices and lives given to establish and defend the rights
and freedoms of our nation, it will be a travesty of unparalleled proportions
if the people of the country, who are at the same time people of God in some
form or fashion do not rise up and make their objections known.
The gospel passage today
reflects the ease and immediate relief that can come from God himself, to calm
the winds, the waves and the storms that are buffeting and bruising Lady
Liberty in the harbor of man-made misery.
All we need do is to ask with
faith, turn to Jesus and say: HELP US LORD, WE HAVE BEEN FOOLISH, CALM THE
STORM, SHOW US THE WAY TO A SAFE HARBOR, TO A LAND OF MUTUAL RESPECT,
COMPASSION, AND HUMAN HELPFULNESS!
And he will do it. But we have
to ask! We have to ask from our hearts, freely, voluntarily and responsibly!
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