They say that the world is basically full of good people but not all are courageous. The man-made evil and confusion that is evident is not because there are bad people but because good people are not courageous enough to stand for what is true and just!
This morning's readings too triggered this thought in me. Take for example Joseph's brothers Reuben and Joshua. Both liked their brother, Joseph well enough to save him from being killed by their own siblings but not courageous enough to stand up to the group and say that what they were doing was wrong. Even the workers in the parable of the vineyard, those who plotted and killed the only heir. Had just one of them stood up to them and said that it was not the right thing to do, their conscience would not have let them do it so easily.
It is the silence of the noble that kills more than the sword of the maniac!
Hi Bro. Vincent!
ReplyDeleteas I was reading this article, I was also reminded of this...
"Nothing emboldens more the audacity of the naughty ones than the weakness of kind people"
-Leon XIII, encyclical Sapientae Christianae, January 10th, 1890
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