Washing off Evil

Reflection for Tuesday of the 6th week in Ordinary Time
(Gen 6:5-8;7:1-5,10; No 8:14-21)
“The Lord saw that wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of His heart was only evil continually.” The little seed of evil sown, grows progressively. But God is never silent in the face of evil. “It grieved Him to His heart.” So He decided to was creation clean through the waters of the flood! One man, Noah, was found worthy to be the father of the renewed creation. “And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.”

Similarly, the one, Jesus is leading us on a Passover journey to the new creation. He cautions us, “ Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” Hypocrisy has no place in the new life in Christ Jesus. Evil can no more continue to grow...God's grief for the sin of man pierced His heart on the Cross. Now we are washed in the water and blood from the side of Jesus. We walk with Jesus to console His heart and ensure that evil does not continue to grow.

Fr Jude Chinwe Nwachukwu, C.Ss.R
Tuesday 19th February,  2019.