+ Our readings today are timely, and thought-provoking. In the first reading, the
people of Israel, led by Joshua, toting the physical Ark of the Covenant – the
symbolic and real “heart of express Judaism” – with the intent of “finding it a
home” – search earnestly now for a place to plant their hearts, and the Ark, in
the Land of Promise.
We too, in our own bodies
carry around the Holy Spirit who is our GPS – our navigation system through
life – and rather than trying to find a static place to lock into – we commit
ourselves to letting it guide us to the known destination: the Grand Palace of
the Father – in the Kingdom beyond imagining. We must let go of the steering
wheel – because this is the one and only true “self-driving” vehicle – if we
cooperate as we are meant to.
The gospel passage hit the
nail right on the head, with the events of the potential mortally wounding of
the democratic system of our government – in these United States of America –
with the lying, deceptive and outright diabolic bigotry spewing forth from the
mouth of the President himself.
When Trump lies, when Trump
sins, when Trump shakes the very foundations of our entire fabric and structure
of the nation – must we forgive him – seventy-times seven? really? truly?
Well the answer is “yes” and
then again it is “no”!
We must be willing to forgive
– WILLING is the key phrase here. But the forgiveness must come as a response
to the other party who has had a conversion of heart, and a change of mind.
Until Donald Trump shows true
contrition – then we have a moral obligation to “parent him” – to take him
aside – to an institution that can help him – try to reason with him – and to
elicit his resignation from office – for the good of the nation, for the good
of families, for the good of the economy, for the good world peace.
For this we pray, intensely,
and from the bottom of our hearts, this day!
Amen.
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