July 20. “Sometimes you have a child who seems to really want to do bad things. It might start small like hurting animals, pulling wings of insects or even hanging a cat from a tree. Then they hurt other kids, bully them and so it goes. I think that those youth in gangs that terrorise our neighbourhoods might have started as little kids. And later are they rapists and murderers?  Are they guilty of corruption and fraud, and creating political mayhem?  Let us also pray especially for those who are inclined to do evil.”  

Reflect, share, scripture: Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil upon their bed.  When the morning dawns they perform it because it is in the power of their hand. Micah 2:1-5.  Pope Francis: Faith allows us to interpret the meaning and the mysterious beauty of what is unfolding.   We are free to apply our intelligence towards things evolving positively or towards adding new ills, new causes of suffering and real setbacks. Freedom, growth, salvation and love can bloom or lead towards decadence and mutual destruction.   The work of the Church seeks not only to remind everyone of the duty to care for nature, but she must above all protect mankind from self-destruction.   LS 79.  ACTION AND PRAYER.   Consider the inclination to evil in our own society today.