Right Timing

 In today's first reading, Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11, the author reminds us that there is a time for everything: 
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant....A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to  mourn, and a time to dance....a time to be silent, and a time to speak. A time to love, and a time to hate...." 

With the coronavirus spreading rapidly throughout the world, and especially in the U.S., this is a time to weep and a time to mourn the 200,000+ persons who have died of this virus in the U.S.. It is a time to mourn those who downplay the virus and make fun of those who wear masks and social distance to stop the spread of the virus. It is "a time to speak" out the truth of what is really happening in our country because of the explosion of hatred and violence. It is "a time to hate" how people are being deceived in so many ways by those in positions of authority.

As this passage also says:  there is a "time to embrace and a time to be far from embraces." How true literally right now, as we are asked to keep physically distant from one another. However, this also applies to embracing or not embracing different ideologies, philosophies, spiritualities and beliefs. Am I thinking through what I hear or simply accepting what ideology, philosophy or spirituality that is popular at the time, whether it is right or not for me?

May God give us the grace to discern wisely whether it is "time to plant" or "time to uproot the plant...[a] time to weep" or "a time to laugh; a time to mourn, [or ] a time to dance...a time to be silent [or] a time to speak, [a] time to love [or] a time to hate."