WORD 2day: Tuesday, 15th week in Ordinary time
July 13, 2021: Exodus 2:
1-15a; Matthew 11:20-24
July 16, 1945 – we shall be commemorating it shortly… it was the day that the
atomic bomb was dropped, bringing the World war II to an end. We are not called
merely to judge who is right and who is wrong and give a verdict on persons. We
are called to remain on the side of the right, the truth and justice. It is not
that we may be oppressors, but even if indirectly by our inaction and silence
we allow the oppression of a person or a people go scot-free, we are on the
wrong side, on the side of injustice! As the famous holocaust survivor
Elie Wiesel says, "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the
oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the
tormented."
Our help is
in the name of the Lord, affirms the Responsorial Psalm today. When we are a
help to the oppressed, we are acting in the name of the Lord. The Lord raises
Lord's judgement, Lord's Hero from where and when, we know not. But surely our
help is in the name of the Lord, and let us strive to be always on the side of
the Lord. If we fail, the Lord warns us today, "I tell you that it shall
be more tolerable on the day of judgement for the land of Sodom than for
you."