AMID RESISTANCE AND the fight for liberation, we must be humble, seek God’s mercy and love, and be willing to learn from one another. We cannot go around virtue signaling while believing we have no shortcomings.
This month’s reflections focus on repentance. I seek to confess and repent. Not with false humility or performative self-deprecation, but to be genuinely self-critical as I examine my conscience. The passages from Jeremiah and the psalms tremendously help with reorienting ourselves and our moral compass toward God. The New Testament readings strengthen us to continue doing the godly and righteous work of the Spirit. Luke reminds us that following Christ is challenging and that we are often lost due to our sins. The writer of 1 Timothy extends an invitation to repent.
We are continuously called to heal the wounds of our neighbors (and ourselves). Economic injustice creates many wounds for the poor as well as the rich. Luke’s gospel challenges us to reorient our relationship with money and economic systems in radical ways. We have heard the aphorism “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:10). Luke challenges us to go deeper, to revisit our relationship with material excess in ways that are not only uncomfortable, but also structurally disruptive. Please join me as we seek God’s guidance in our collective journey of repentance, resistance, and reconciliation.
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