The False Comforts
Monday, 18th week in Ordinary Time
Jer 28: 1-17; Mt 14: 13-21
We have an interesting episode from prophet Jeremiah today - he speaks of one of the self-appointed prophets who stood against him. Like today where we have people who try to make of the Word of God a means of business or use it to attain their ends or play with it to fill their coffers, so were there persons who pleased the people and won their favour, vis-a-vis the message of warning and call to conversion from the true prophets! One such we have in the Word today - Hananiah who offers people a false comfort that they will soon be out of the bondage they found themselves in. God's message was not that, but to change their ways so that they could find a divine favour. Hananiahs who offer easy happiness, instant makeovers and magical moments abound even today.
The Prophets of the Lord, the persons of the Lord, the true message from the Lord solicits from us a total surrender. We might at times find ourselves even far far away from where we wish to be and with nothing in hand - but we need to go with the Lord all the way, be with the Lord all that while. Then the Lord would offer us that food, which will give us eternal happiness, a bliss that can be replaced by absolutely nothing else!
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