September 30 - Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Job 9:1-12,14-16; Ps.88:3,10-15; Lk.9:57-62) "Why, O Lord, do you reject me; why hide from me your face?" The cry of our psalmist certainly reflects that of Job, who in his travails asks, "How can a man be justified before God?" who realizes that the Lord "does great things past finding out" and that "should He come near [us], [we] see Him not." But it also reflects Jesus' treatment of those who might follow Him, and could easily be their cry as well. "If I appealed to Him and He answered my call, I could not believe that He would hearken to my words." Such a seemingly hopeless attitude may…
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