Reading and meditation on the Word of God on Wednesday of the 13th week in ordinary time, July 2, 2025

Delivered by Gladys from the Parish of Saint Gabriel from the Diocese of Bandung, Indonesia. Genesis 21: 5.8-20; Rs psalm 34: 7-8.10-11.12-13; Matthew 8: 28-34.JUSTICEFLOWS LIKE A RIVER Ourmeditation today is entitled: Justice Flows Like a River. In a particularkingdom, the king, staff and officials, and all its peoplelived in fairness and prosperity. This kingdom was prosperous because it had abundant wealth to sustain every family. The king made justice as the principle rule to be observed by every one. Justice aimed to maintain the prosperity and happinessof everyone in the entire kingdom. Themost important dutyto maintain justice is the law andregulation to be alwaysenforced as best as the power holder can do. This is the same to what the king ofthat kingdom had practiced which was to make justiceflowing its way like a river. The way of the river must not beblocked so that the water will not stopflowing. Justice must continue to go its way inorder to keep protecting sense of security, comfort, prosperity,and unity as the one citizenship of a nation from which every one lives in happiness and peace. If the good king and his kingdom were able to make such a life in the world so peaceful and prosperous, how much more a kind of justice that the Almighty God provides for us. God's justice must be far more powerful and cannot be competed by anyone's justice or whatever justice exists in the world. The Lord our God had had established justice and taught it to Abraham on how to treat his offspring, that according to God would be abundant.Abraham believedin that teaching and he indeed guidedhis family based on thewill of God. Nowthere is a simple question to raise here is this: What is the most suitable, most effective and easiest way to create justice in our lives? The answer should be in a negative way,namely by eliminating all forms of injustice and opression. Abraham and Sarah saw the potentialfor injustice to happen iftheir ownson Isaac and the child from Abraham’s slave wife would live and share their lives together. Then a solution was taken by Abraham and his wife Sarah that eventually givingthose two sons of Abraham each ownplace and opportunityto be followed. Each person mustbe able to respond tohis own life that isaccording to his calling. TheLord Jesus had madeit very clear to uphold justice from God, by silencing and expelling the evil power who tortured and destroyed human life. It is so unfair if our life possessed and oppressed by the devil. If the evil spirit and all his influences remain in power and leading our life, there will be no way for us to have a true relationship with God. The evil spiritsin our world today manifest themselves in materialism and all kinds of world allurement. This destructivespirit must be first removed from our midst so that we can create a just and peaceful evironment. Through this way, the Holy Spirit will fill us with anew life-giving spirit. Peace is obtained by the creation and perseverance in justice. Everyone of us iscalled to create justice. Let's pray. In the name of the Father... O God Almighty, cleanse our lives from all evilinfluences from this world, so that we can fully lead our hearts to you. Our Father who art in heaven ... inthe name of the Father ...