Friday of Week 12 – 2 Kings 25:1-12; Ps 137:1-6; Matthew 8:1-4
In the end, only one thing endures: our love for the Crucified Christ, who never stops loving us first.
Once again, I’m sitting with the Second Book of Kings. This is the end: the hope that Egypt would come to the rescue has collapsed. Jerusalem will be destroyed, and almost everyone will be led into exile, with only a few left to work the land.
Is this just a punishment for a political mistake? Scripture goes deeper. It shows a painful mercy: a punishment meant to heal, a consequence of abandoning the covenant with God.
It would be arrogant to claim that every hardship the Church faces today is a direct punishment for specific infidelities. Many people sincerely love and follow Jesus. Still, it’s always worth asking: how faithful are we, really? Have we settled for the external—structures, habits, labels—and forgotten what is essential: where we place our hope, where our hearts truly rest?
Trials, hostility, even persecution can peel away what’s superficial and force us to look within. Religious education at school? Great gift. If it’s restricted or removed, that can become a new invitation: to go deeper, to nurture an interior, personal discipleship.
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