Give Me Justice O God!
All of Creation is crying out for mercy, for
justice! During this Fifth Week of Lent,
we listen to the voices of Earth, Women, Children, Addicts, Victims of War,
Hunger, Disease, Workers, Families, a ‘Green New Deal’, those with medical
pre-conditions, Farmers, Prisoners, Immigrants, Asylum Seekers, Educators, Refugees,
Survivors of Human Trafficking and Abuse, the ‘Dreamers’, Poor, Outcasts,
Widows, Peacemakers…. All crying out for Justice!
How will
we respond?
How
do we take a first step in responding to these
very
insistent and loud calls for justice?
“Those that sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.
Although they go forth weeping, carrying the seed to be sown,
They shall come back rejoicing, carrying their sheaves.”
Psalm 126: 4 - 6
Today’s Gospel of John 8:1-11 presents Jesus and a
woman condemned.
Jesus is in the temple area teaching those who came
to him. The scribes and Pharisees come
with a woman caught in adultery, asking Jesus, ‘should we do as the Law
prescribes and stone her’? His response
is, ‘Let the one among you without sin be the first to throw a stone at
her.’ Jesus’ Gospel Way is one of
Non-Violence, Justice and Mercy. They
cannot be separated, they are of the woven cloth of God’s Love and the one
commandment, ‘Let us love God and love one another’.
Lent Week V Prayer
Lord, I turn my face towards you.
I too have sinned,
Let me hear your words of mercy and life,
As I cry out for justice!
Reflection
Prayer for Lent, I Will Turn
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