“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” Isaiah 5:20-21
Depending on how much you get sucked into the news, or politics, or the wider world at large, I think this is what we see.
The world telling us that something evil and dark is actually good.
We see disagreement over the simplest truths. About what even is truth, what is life, what is faith.
And while that’s happening out there. There’s also an opportunity to reflect interiorly—in our own soul, in our own mind.
How often do we fall into these traps?
Not seeing things for what they are. Or refusing to see them for what they are.
Calling bitter things sweet. Calling dark things light.
Justifying what we know is wrong. Minimizing what we know is grave.
We tell ourselves that this sin isn’t really that bad. That this compromise doesn’t really matter. That this darkness isn’t really darkness.
We can pray today for the grace to truly see what is good. To see what is light. To see what is sweet.
Let us pray.
Lord, give us the grace to see clearly. Show us the truth. Give us the courage to face it honestly. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Keep fighting the good fight. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
