The Dry bone Syndrome and the Hope Therapy
Friday, 20th week in Ordinary Time
Ezek 37: 1-14; Mt 22: 34-40
The World today is affected by what we can call the dry bone syndrome - everything seems mechanical, lifeless, insensitive, dry, boring, meaningless, devoid of joy, in fret but without direction... coping with life seems a herculean task! There is a nostalgia among the veterans that the so-called splendour of the past would never return. There is an urge among the up coming generation that the so-called development is not sufficiently paced. There is this generation in transit who try to adapt to both missing out on the goodness of both. The result is frustration, despair...the dry bone syndrome!
The only possible therapy to this is Hope Therapy... the few who still hold on to the right values and appreciate the goodness in both tradition and modernity, who refuse to compromise on the fundamental values and remain open and flexible towards changing scenarios! They do this because they are filled with genuine love - not with ego and the urge to prove oneself - but with genuine care for the other and sincere wish for the good of the other and of the humanity. That which we call love, is the hope for the times! Hope will never deceive us, says St. Paul. Beyond holding on to the hope given by these good-hearted, love-filled few, we are called to join that band - as hope givers!
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