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Lay Reflections on this Sunday’s Reading from the Catholic Liturgical Calendar
By Noel Ihebuzor
All the three readings and the responsorial Psalm speak to the Nigerian situation today.
The first reading speaks of the plans of the wicked to oppress and dispossess others. It also speaks to specious arguments to rationalise or justify dispossession, be these of lands or of resources.
The second reading examines the drivers of such injustice – envy, jealousy, covetousness, selfish ambition, insincerity and sinful passions – these negatives and the bludgeoning arrogance of the ignorant (certified and uncertified) and their poorly founded entitlement mentality resonate with the sad situation in our country where dishonest debates, inconsistency, lack of constancy, insincere opinions, nepotism inspired policies and misguided executive interferences push the country closer and closer to the edge of social abyss.
The third reading puts the finger on one of the causes of our “wahala” – elected officials (including judicially handpicked ones) who see themselves as masters (magisters) instead of as servants (ministers) of the people.
Psalm 54, the responsorial Psalm, provides hope for all the oppressed, for all the downtrodden and for all whose existence are likened by the arrogant to dots. God above listens and hears their groans and bids His time.
Noel Ihebuzor
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