The Lord will redeem his people because only the Lord can do it

Today at Holy Mass we are told in the first reading from the Book of Jeremiah that God will act….When we read Scripture, we see that God “jumps in” to the human story, when we “mess everything up”…..And when God does “jump in”, its usually in a way that most people overlook…”Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David; As king he shall reign and govern wisely, he shall do what is just and right in the land.”….God gives man free will but without grace, which means we MUST avail ourselves to that grace - Mankind screws everything up…..From slavery to human trafficking….From abortion to divorce….From same sex marriage to transgender surgery for minors…..From usury to outright theft……Mankind justifies objective mortal sin….Even votes it into law, making it legal….All the while such behavior is an abomination to God….Do we “think” God does not see this?….And do we think God will not act?……Once again, if we are students of history, all we have to do is read…..God interjects himself……And "crooked roads are made straight"…..That process however is not usually let’s call it “smooth”……But make no mistake - God always has the last word……Why does this cycle repeat itself time and time again?…..Because mankind is not convinced that without God’s grace, he is incomplete…Each of us are prone to selfishness and sin….That is the ONLY reason why Jesus walked this earth - To save us from our very self!…..He did this on the Cross and does this through his Church to this very day…If we reject God’s grace….We destroy ourself - Don’t believe me? - Go the library and read some history….Mankind is lost without God….But God has not given up on man - He always “corrects” the problem…However, that correction usually does not come in the form we think it will - But thank goodness it always comes - So buckle up - Its coming!

“In his days Judah shall be saved, Israel shall dwell in security. This is the name they give him: “The LORD our justice.”

There is a saying…”Every dog has its day”……People like to think there is such a thing as karma - but there is not….What is real is this - ”We reap what we sow”……This is an internal truth…….In time, we ALWAYS reap what we sow……………Every empire…Every monster…....Every criminal…..And every bully…….In time - God’s time - Usually when they least expect it - "They" get what they deserve…..Write it down!…………..Growing up I had a childhood friend who was simply a bad guy to his core…….When we were kids, what started out as childhood “misbehavior” manifested into outright criminal behavior as an adult…This friend of mine in time become a high school teacher….When I heard this, I knew there would be trouble…..As time went on into his adulthood, he committed an insurance fraud, pretending his truck got stolen - He got arrested - He lost his teaching job - And within a few short years, he was found dead of a drug overdose in his truck…As a young man, this friend of mine was both strong and smart…..People liked him but everyone feared him…….In the end - He was found died at 38 years old….I can remember going to the funeral home looking down at his dead body…..Everything he did in his life came back to “haunt him”…..This is just one small example and I am sure the readers of this reflection have similar stories of their own……Whether its a person, a nation or an ideology……Give it time….When we aggressively and consistently violate God’s law….....We destroy ourself….Two thousand years have past since the death of Jesus Christ and mankind has not learned…..The Natural Law and the laws of Objective Truth apply to us, whether we acknowledge them or not….And when we violate those laws consistently and over long periods of time - We destroy ourselves and society…..Reality does not change because we choose to ignore it…And God is reality - And so is his law.

“Therefore, the days will come, says the LORD, when they shall no longer say, “As the LORD lives, who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt”; but rather, "As the LORD lives, who brought the descendants of the house of Israel up from the land of the north”– and from all the lands to which I banished them; they shall again live on their own land.”

Today in the first reading from Mass the prophet Jeremiah tells us that God will save his people…That he will rise up “a righteous shoot to David; As king he shall reign and govern wisely”…..And “rise up” someone he did……God has not given up on humanity….Each and every time mankind “screws everything up”, God steps in……But why do we always have to “screw things up”?….....Wouldn’t it be nice to just do things the right way to begin with?………Why does mankind have to learn the hard way?……………..”The LORD, the LORD, a God gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in love and fidelity, continuing his love for a thousand generations, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sin; yet not declaring the guilty guiltless, but bringing punishment for their parents’ wickedness on children and children’s children to the third and fourth generation! Moses at once knelt and bowed down to the ground. Then he said, “If I find favor with you, Lord, please, Lord, come along in our company. This is indeed a stiff-necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and claim us as your own.”……….Rinse - Wash - Repeat…Here we go again - The Lord will redeem his people because only the Lord can do it……….JMJ

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