Hard times — \u00a0a Congress locked in venom and contempt for those with whom one must negotiate, \u00a0“partisan” is a common adjective for elected officials at the national level; \u00a0 Detroit city caught in uncertainties about bankruptcy that stir mistrust and fear for the future; \u00a0 UDM negotiating a McNichols faculty contract turned acrimonious and hurtful.<\/p>\n
Monday, October 7<\/p>\n
Yesterday at Sunday mass, one of my favorite prophecies popped up out of the grass, Habakkuk. \u00a0 Habakkuk’s time of composition is obscure. \u00a0The Jerusalem Bible suggests c. 600 shortly before the first Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 597. \u00a0 Hard times for sure for the prophet’s hearers. \u00a0 In light of the troubles of those years, this short oracle is daring and demanding. \u00a0Patient waiting for a vision and its hope in hard times is outrageous. \u00a0 Sometimes I wonder, with challenges like this, how the words, or the obscure name Habakkuk, survived and is still remembered.<\/p>\n
Such, perhaps,\u00a0is the story of bravery all over the world, time after time. \u00a0Lots of bravery on our three campuses too.<\/p>\n
john sj<\/p>\n
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The Lord Says:<\/p>\n
Write the vision down.
\ninscribe it on tablets
\nto be easily read,
\nfor the vision has its own time,
\nand presses on to its own fulfillment;
\nit does not deceive;
\nif it delays, wait for it,
\nfor come it will, without fail.<\/p>\n
Habakkuk \u00a02:2-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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