Keep Calm and Live on!

WORD 2day: Tuesday, 21st week in Ordinary time

August 25, 2020: 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-3,14-17; Matthew 23: 23-26

It looks like the crazy ones were there right from the beginning! At times we want our spiritual life to be exciting, to be on the move, to be ticking away in fret, like a suspense thriller. There is an imminent sign and there is a mighty revolution in the making...such claims are galore these days on the street corner banners and well funded TV channels - and they tend to quote the scripture passage, 'behold I make something new!' St. Paul warns us today against such tendencies. He says, don't crave for sensation; KEEP CALM and go about your daily duties!

Jesus sounds more vehement with the same message in today's Gospel: don't be hypocrites - he says - don't make a show of your piety, don't make a living out of the fears of people and don't try your imaginations in God's name. Just because you have a pulpit, or an audience, or a media, or today the social network platform, that does not mean, you say whatever you want and get away with it; it does not warrant that you exploit the weakness of the people, create sensation and see how you could cash in on it. Just keep calm and live on. 

Things may seem dark and dreadful, uncertain and unpromising, but don't give into panic. Live your daily life to the full in whatever way you can, love each other sincerely amidst all the lockdown routine, reach out to one another with genuine care and relate with truth in your heart. Allow God to take control of the entire reality and don't claim franchise for decisions and activities that belong to God alone! Allow things to take their course, but you remain connected to the Lord of all things! That is...

Keep Calm and Live on... shall we?