To live by faith is to live just!

WORD 2day: Tuesday, 13th week in Ordinary time

July 02, 2024 - Amos 3: 1-8, 4: 11-12; Matthew 8: 23-27

There is an intimate connection between justice and faith. 

Amos points out to the people that they were living an unjust life because they do not really behold the presence of the Lord, who had done so many wonders on their behalf. Persons become evil, unjust, selfish, blood thirsty and inhuman when they do not realise who they are, from whom they come, what their roots are, where their real treasures lie and who is that who sustains them! Realising these, in short, is faith.

Beholding the presence of the Lord is the first sign of faith. At times of trials when there is a suffering because of our just way of life, and at times of temptations when our mind looks for short cuts and the world suggests that as the way of the smart, we need to behold the presence of the Lord beside us and stay calm! Not being perturbed is a solid sign of faith, we know.

The wind and the storm, the demons and the diseases, they recognised the Lord and bowed down at the sight. The human will and freedom refused to do it and it still continues to happen, when we do not behold the mighty presence of the Lord from the depth of our hearts. This presence unravels itself in such a simple manner around us and when we truly recognise it, our life changes, our perspectives widen and we grow ever more holy and just. Infact, to live by faith is really, to live just!