Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Homily for 1 Sep 2015

1 Sep 2015

The battle between good and evil is an ongoing reality in human history.  St Paul speaks of this when he contrasts the children of darkness and the children of light.  And anytime Jesus exorcises demons we see a concrete form of that battle.  Of course, just about anytime we turn on the news or look at the internet these days we see that battle between good and evil going on.

And to have that war going on around us—and even involving us—can be . . . scary; it can be disheartening and upsetting.  It can even push us to feelings of hopelessness.  And into those feelings, Jesus interjects the Good News.

And the Good News is that the battle has already been won.  It’s over, and God has won.  I think of stories of the Civil War, where the whole thing was over and decided.  But here and there were pockets of people who were unaware that the war was over, and they were still fighting.  Either that, or they knew about it, but refused to believe it was over, and they kept on fighting anyway.

The Good News for us who believe in God is that the war is over, even if these little battles between good and evil continue today.  Evil will never win the day.  The “bad guys” will never come out ahead—even if, sometimes, it seems like they will.  And if it seems like they will, we only need remember that: “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?"

Even though the battles between good and evil continue today, the Lord of Goodness has already won the war.  The Lord is my light and salvation, whom shall I fear?

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