THE WORD AND THE FEAST
December 28, 2019: The Feast of the Holy Innocents
1 John 1:5 - 2:2; Matthew 2: 13-18
The innocents die, even today!
Due to the malice of minds and the avarice of various kinds, innocents die even today.
At the hands of the oppressive forces with heartless greed for power and dominance, innocents die even today.
By the selfish acts of the conniving perverts and the corrupt bigwigs, innocents die even today.
Owing to the insensitive governments and consumeristic forces of global power who kill culture and destroy humanity, innocents die even today.
Because of the brute force of money and the rule of the lawless, everywhere in the world, caught between two equally maddening inhuman extremes, innocents die even today.
Let us pause a while and ask ourselves, where is enshrined the true greatness of a culture? In proving its millennia of existence? In making its arrogance felt by dominating others? In making sure everyone else is under its control? NO! The authentic greatness of a culture of a society can be understood by the way it treats its children, its elders, its weak and helpless members, that is its innocents!!! That is why the Holy Father Pope Francis keeps insisting on our care for the children, the elders, the sick and the weak.
Let not just our prayers be raised today, but our commitment too, towards protecting the rights and the well being of the helpless innocents!
At the hands of the oppressive forces with heartless greed for power and dominance, innocents die even today.
By the selfish acts of the conniving perverts and the corrupt bigwigs, innocents die even today.
Owing to the insensitive governments and consumeristic forces of global power who kill culture and destroy humanity, innocents die even today.
Because of the brute force of money and the rule of the lawless, everywhere in the world, caught between two equally maddening inhuman extremes, innocents die even today.
Let us pause a while and ask ourselves, where is enshrined the true greatness of a culture? In proving its millennia of existence? In making its arrogance felt by dominating others? In making sure everyone else is under its control? NO! The authentic greatness of a culture of a society can be understood by the way it treats its children, its elders, its weak and helpless members, that is its innocents!!! That is why the Holy Father Pope Francis keeps insisting on our care for the children, the elders, the sick and the weak.
Let not just our prayers be raised today, but our commitment too, towards protecting the rights and the well being of the helpless innocents!