At the start of October we had a reading from the book of the Prophet Habakkuk at mass. Haven’t heard of him? Me neither. I found this reading almost startlingly apposite for current times.
How long, Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen; to cry ‘Oppression!’ in your ear and you will not save. Why do you set injustice before me, why do you look on where there is tyranny? Outrage and violence, this is all I see, all is contention, and discord flourishes. Then the Lord answered and said, “Write the vision down, inscribe it on tablets to be easily read, since this vision is for its own time only: eager for its own fulfillment, it does not deceive; if it comes slowly, wait, for come it will, without fail. See how he flags, he whose soul is not at rights, but the upright man will live by his faithfulness.“
I suppose it shows there is nothing new under the sun. I thought it might be the source for what Charlie Brown says to Lucy but apparently that’s Isaiah.
Well, this is a bit gloomy, I fear, but this is what you get, if you post every day in November of all months. Hold tight for cheerier content next week (we all hope).