Imploring Divine Help
As we enter
the Holy week, let’s pause to reflect on its significance in our own lives today.
Holy Week which started with the glorious entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, His
last Supper with his disciples, his excruciating death on the cross and finally
his glorious resurrection. It is a week of passion, agony and glory that was illustrated
by what happened to Jesus over 2000 years ago.
What do all
these incidents mean to us today? Jesus taught us some important lessons
through his experiences during the Holy Week. These are lessons on courage, humility,
forgiveness and glory of victory over death.Jesus used these basic virtues to confront the unjust powers of his time which he finally defeated by his death.
We now live
in a world of hypocrisy, where everyone seems to be wearing masks, hiding their
true selves. In this world of hypocrisy nothing but money is all that matters, and
people are willing to do anything as long as the monetary reward is big enough.
Even the strongest and cleanest seem to succumb to the temptations that go into
millions and even billions. Very few can resist the temptations of such huge amounts
of money which is unprecedented in the history of mankind.
In the
Bible we told that Jesus resisted the temptations of the devil who tested him
with tremendous money and wealth but as his followers are we strong enough to do
that? If only we can have a minute fraction of Christ’s strength, the world we
live in will be a better place.
In our
country today and the world at large corruptions seem to be slowly but surely being
tolerated as acceptable practices. There little or no concern whatsoever for
the poor who are victimized by the rich and powerful. The poor are getting
poorer and the rich richer.
As citizens
we watch helplessly at this blatant daylight robbery that is making life for
the ordinary man extremely difficult with escalating cost of living. There are
only two ways left for to try to stop this corruption that is destroying our
country.
Firstly the
coming 14GE offers us some chance to check this trend that will otherwise
destroy our nation. We have to gain the strength and courage like
Jesus to say NO to corruption by not voting for those who indulge in such practices.
Let us not be intimidated by their power or succumb to the rewards offered
however tempting that may be. Let’s not give in to the greed and selfishness within
us.
Secondly at
the same time, during this Holy Week, let us put aside our ill-feelings and
hatred for one another, forget our differences, interests and problems and come
together as one people to invoke God’s help to save our country from ruin.
Let’s resort to prayer for divine inspiration, guidance and even His intervention
set our country back onto the path to lasting peace, progress and prosperity
for all.
Let’s do
our duty as peaceful and law-abiding citizens and He will surely be on our side
in this battle to right the wrong in our beloved nation.
Blessed
Holy week
