“And Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there; but never again prophesy at Bethel for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.” Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”
Excerpt, First Reading, Thursday 4th July 2024 – AMOS 7:10-17.
So, the default setting of our smartphones is to make and receive calls. It does function otherwise only when we adjust the settings to suit our purposes.
So, we see two handsome able body young men, for whatever could be their reason, decide to forego all the beautiful women in this whole wide world and choose to live together in a supposed marriage.
Truly, there are ladies that despite adorning loose fitting garments, just by the way they sashay alone is enough to get even the most discrete of men disconcerted – though, many will not show it.
Then, when two bones decide to overlook such divinely created masterpiece and hibernate together, someone else says in order not to offend their sensibilities, their weird act shouldn’t be talked about.
Then, a supposed ordained clergy will jump on the bandwagon and join these two bones in a supposed matrimony. Haba!
The response to today’s Responsorial Psalm is “The judgements of the Lord are true, they are, all of them, just. – PSALM 19:8.
Just also, is the default of Prophets, Pastors, Imams, and indeed all our spiritual ministers. To tell us the truth.
The truth indeed hurts, nevertheless, no matter how much it may be upsetting and uncomfortable to our audience, we must state it in clears terms.
Therefore, we must offend the sensibilities of such masculine homo-sapiens and indeed all their cohorts that they are doing it wrongly.
If we refuse to speak, God says the stones wouldn’t, “But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!” – LUKE 19:40.
So, it was in today’s teaching with the Prophet Amaziah. For paltry gains, he shirked his primary purpose and began telling the king sweet nothings and pleasing him with what he wants to hear.
God then went and called a shepherd to come and tell the king the truth that the prophet Amaziah has refused to declare.
Amos the shepherd declared to the king that his wife shall become a harlot in the city, his sons shall fall by the sword and he will die in an unholy land among other prophesies.
These are hard truths, but Amos did not hide away from them.
Now, the insistence of God wanting the King to hear the truth wasn’t so as to prove his guilt to him. No, it was just so that he could turn from his ways and the prophesied doom would be averted. God is love.
My dear friend, although, the truth is not just about a tale of woos, nonetheless, whenever all that we hear is good, best, perfect, we should perceive a red flag as life itself is neither crown of thorns nor a bed of roses.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo.