With hardened hearts
Third week in Lent: Thursday, 12th Mar, 2015
Jer 7: 23-28; Lk 11: 14-23
The world today is living a life of indifference, an inhuman and incredible indifference, so cold and selfish. That is why in his lenten message Pope Francis warned us against it. The Word today invites us to listen to the Lord speaking, speaking through the cries of the innocent victims;, the cries of the poor, the tears of those e who have lost their dear ones to violence and crime, the miseries of those who have never understood the meaning of enough!
Let's beware of branding the poor as lazy, citing fate for the miseries of some in stark contrast to the filthy affluence of others, brushing aside the sufferings of those who are victims of injustice saying we have nothing to do with it. ..when we do all these we are closing our eyes, shutting our ears and hardening our hearts against God! With hardened hearts we will only be against God, scattering what God wants to gather.
