Be Prepared

Journey to Holiness: they will hate you for no reason!

April 6, 2019: Saturday, Fourth week in Lent

Jeremiah 11: 18-20; John 7: 40-52

These days we are speaking of the attack by a mob on the School run by the Immaculate Sisters in Tamilnadu... this is just one of so many similar things that are happening every now and then in various parts of today's polarised India. Why should this happen on these institutions which are serving the needy? Because they are being good? Because they are living their life for others? Or merely because they were doing it all in the name of Jesus?

Jeremiah was hated for living a righteous life. Jesus was hated for the good he was doing and the joy he was bringing to the poor and the oppressed, and moreover because he was from Galilee! The world does not need a reason to hate you. It will find a reason by all means, unless you compromise with it. The moment you stand for what you believe and live in conformity to only what you stand for, you got to be prepared! 

Holiness, would have it that even in the face this hatred you continue loving, that you continue doing good, that you do not retaliate nor seek to avenge them some how! The best example is the Cross that shines before us specially during this season, the greatest sign of the power of love! Forbearance towards those who do wrong against you, is definitely a sign of holiness. 

Holiness tip for today: Be ready and prepared for opposition when you wish to be good; don't compromise!