THURSDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT - 2022

LENT 2022

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks –
come back to me with all your heart,
for I am all tenderness and compassion. JL 2:12-13

JEREMIAH 7:23-28 ©

My Soul's Beloved,

How is it that we keep forgetting that in salvation history as well as the history of the world each time we turn away from God and the Truth we are doomed to suffer grievously? 

When we put one foot astray, take one step in the wrong direction we are lost, and when we refuse to stop and correct our course we condemn ourselves to be lost for as long as we remain stubborn. 

This is the tragedy of the world we live in. Someone in our past strayed and all who followed were doomed to go down the path of unrighteousness, more often than not due to ignorance.

Just as Jeremiah urged the people to listen to God's voice and do what was right so too the Church constantly invites us to return to You but very few listen. We have no excuse because ignorance is a choice we make - the Truth can be found if we seek it honestly but it is easier to indulge our weaknesses than to discipline our will and obey the Word of God.

We ourselves will invite the annihilation of the world through catastrophes of our own making perhaps then we will wake up but for many of us, it will be too late. For the prophecies of Jeremiah fall on ears that will not hear for our heart are hardened with sin: 

“Here is the nation that will not listen to the voice of the Lord its God nor take correction. Sincerity is no more, it has vanished from their mouths.”

Those who survive will weep and lament and perhaps from the ashes a more godly world will arise.

LUKE 11:14-23 ©

My Soul's Beloved,

The Word of God is eternal and Truth is Truth whether or not it is called by other names.

Today, You address those who accuse You of driving out demons with the power of demons. We live in a terrifying world where intelligent people refuse to listen to reason, logic, and plain common sense in order to receive the approbation of the world. The approval of the high and mighty and the powerful of the world means so much to them they are willing to face the ridicule and scorn of those who recognize where their real loyalty lies. They are prepared to lie with satan in order to receive the accolades of a world ruled by ruthless, wicked, godless people.

We may deny the Truth until the cows come home but we will be judged inexorably by Truth in the end if we are determined to call Truth a lie and lies the truth.

Now is the time to decide if we will walk with the angels on the side of Truth and gather in the harvest of righteousness or be counted among those who cause division, sow confusion and scatter the flock.

‘He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me scatters.’