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Various states of violence and war have moved out of the past and remain alive in today’s world. It is as if entire countries and cultures are being eradicated, ignored and forgotten – with the past being rewritten so as to erase the memory of them
The Gospels of Sunday past and the Sunday to come we hear of Jesus driving out demonsand curing the ill. We hear how “… Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told Jesus about her […] He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up…´(Mk 1.29)
And then Jesus went on to cure many and cast out demons. It seems that in today’s world there are still many demons which try to control us: demons of lies and pretence, hatred and fear, injustice and violence, demons of control, etc.
There are demons within each of us. It would be so easy to state that we have expunged all of our demons and that they have moved on to lesser peoples. Eugene’s Pastoral Letter speaks of the Church and reminds us of who she is in today’s world and how she will pick us up and hold us in her embrace… From the time of creation to the present and beyond she continues to embrace, nourish and teache us of her truth and ways.
“…in our hope for the coming of God’s reign, we are united with all those who, without acknowledging Christ as lord, nevertheless love what he loves.” (C 6)