Let us Respect the Basic Rights!
13th Week: Ordinary Time, Wednesday Year One Gen 21:5, 8-20 Meditation Let us Respect the Basic Rights! We see the promised son of Isaac playing with Ishmael, the son of Hagar. At the wish of Sara, the slave girl's son, Ismael, is sent away to the wilderness along with his mother. As promised, God made a great nation of Isaac. God promised to take care of Ishmael and to form a great nation. God is not partial. He takes care of all. His ways are not our ways. Who are we to question the wisdom of God? God’s choice is best for us; we have to believe in his ways; we cannot question God. A pot will not question the way the potter moulds it. We are precious instruments in the hands of God. God wishes good for everyone. Differences are only accidentals, but let us not take them as the essentials for life. Do we lose essentials in the accidentals? Two Year Amos 5:14-15, 21-24 Amos clearly tells us that the Lord does not want our noise and songs but justice. Where there ...