The first reading from Jeremiah today is quite a contrast from yesterday's reading. The Lord instructs Jeremiah to say to the people:
This is the nation that does not listen to the voice of the LORD, its God, or take correction. Faithfulness has disappeared; the word itself is banished from their speech.
Have we allowed our hearts to become hardened? Apathy towards evil is like a sickness that spreads throughout the body, and we must now pay the consequences of not stopping the sin before it grew unwieldy. Court cases dealing with abortion, protests at funerals, transgender equality, homosexual unions...all of these evils have now returned to haunt us. We cannot blame God, for He has not been silent. Perhaps He has been warning us in the forms of natural disaster -- He allows the aftereffects of our sinfulness to play out, so recently our world has faced earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados, fires, famine, floods, and unending war.
Lord, this is the people that longs to see Your face! Do not abandon us; do not leave us orphans.
Fr. Lou reminded us that we are only halfway through Lent. This is the perfect time for us to review our Lenten resolutions; even if we have been failing, we can still rededicate ourselves to Jesus. And to that, I say, Amen!
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