In today's responsorial psalm, Psalm 119, we pray: "Your word, O Lord, endures forever; it is firm as the heavens. Through all generations your truth endures; you have established the earth, and it stands firm. According to your ordinances they still stand firm: all things serve you."
What is God's truth that stands firm and through which all things serve God? One, that all good things come from God and return to God; two, that God's being is in all and all in God; three, that God is for us and with us; and four, that all is made right in God--redeemed, justified and glorified for God and through God. These truths may be difficult for us at times, especially when things do not turn out as we'd wish, when other people's decisions seem unreasonable or, in fact, are immoral and pose a threat to another's wellbeing. We may be asking ourselves the following questions: Where was God when my child was kidnapped? How could such evil be promulgated if God's will prevailed? If God is God, why has my child abandoned the right path, gone astray, and/or engaged in behaviors that could easily lead to a treacherous outcomes? Why are gangs thriving and on and on!
How hard it is to live by faith under circumstances alluded to above! Yet, I know, and you know, that good will endure, not evil, that God detests evil and deceitful ways, thwarts the way of the wicked but protects the just! We also know that Wisdom, who is God, "can do all things and renews everything while herself perduring" (today's first reading, Wis 7: 22b-8:1).
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