Sure sounds gloomy

As we have heard in today’s first reading, the book of Lamentations lives up to its name.

Why did these terrible things happen? The reading points to one thing that contributed to this disaster:

Your prophets have seen for you
false and specious visions;
they have not exposed your guilt
to turn away your fate,
but have seen for you
false and misleading oracles.

Nobody wants to feel bad, so the temptation is always there to listen to the friendly voices. Foolish executives surround themselves with “yes men” and misguided religious folk hang on the words of “feel good” preachers, but sooner or later they meet with disaster.

The truth is not always pleasant, the way of Christ can many times be hard, but only the truth is good for us and only Christ can bring us perfect, wonderful salvation.