19 February. SEE: “Road rage is a horrible thing, an evil, but surely it is so often brought on by someone breaking the law, or being selfish in the traffic,” Mohale said. ”Taxis are the worst on the road,” Gordon added. Joyce said, “ Load shedding and traffic lights not working has really messed up the traffic flow, multiplied our anger and frustration and the accident rate on the roads no end. I just heard of a horrific accident involving a school transport taxi and a truck that took the lives of 14 young learners. What a devastating blow to those families, but an evil in the form of disregard of traffic laws. How can this type of behaviour, as an evil ,be dealt with in the most “life-giving” way.“
St Francis. A life-changing event for St Francis was a peace-building journey through the desert to Damietta in Egypt to meet a Muslim sultan, a Muslim leader in the war between the Christian Crusaders and the Muslims. The men listened and shared with one another, but eventually the war did not end. The poverty and austerity of St Francis were no mere veneer of ascetism, but something much more radical, a refusal to turn reality into an object simply to be used and controlled. LS11,
JUDGE, reflect and share. Scripture: Moses said, “see I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and keeping his commandments then you shall live. From Deut 30:15-20, Pope Francis: Let us say to the Lord, “I am angry with this person. I pray to you for him. To pray for a person with whom I am irritated is a beautifulstep forward in love, an act of evangelisation. Let us do it and not allow ourselves to be robbed of the ideal of fraternal love. EG 101 Each creature possesses its own particular goodness and perfection. Each is willed in its own being, reflects in its own way a ray of God’s infinite wisdom and goodness. Man must therefore respect the particular goodness of every creature, to avoid any disordered use of things. Pope Leo: Social sin consolidates a “structure of sin” within society, and is frequently “part of a dominant mindset that considers normal or reasonable what is merely selfishness and indifference. This then gives rise to social alienation.” It then becomes normal to ignore the poor and live as if they do not exist. DT93
Act, pray. How can we repent of our choices of evil instead of good, even when it comes to obeying rules and laws? What does Moses, in speaking of life and death, tell us about being life-giving and preserving creation?
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