I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORD, IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING!
24 th Sunday Year B September 16, 2012 I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORD, IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING! The readings today could be a little disturbing. Here is one example of suffering unjustly, as Isaiah in the first reading experienced, so undeservedly and so unrightly, but still finds it in his heart, neither to “rebel,” nor to “turn back,” but instead takes it all in stride. One hardly hears such stories these days, where instant retribution is the name of the game. In our times, we mean it when we say, “a good offense is the best defense.” Cry out … complain … speak out and rebel … and, when push comes to shove, turn your back and walk away in a huff, never to suffer the same ignominy and shame again! We are, more often than not, all cop-outs. We suffer once, and that’s it! We swear never to come back, never to be subjected once gain to everything equivalent to Isaiah’s “buffets and spitting.” I, too, am one among them, perhaps,...