Demons Dispatched

The texts of the Roman Catholic lectionary today can be tied together with the theme of rejection. The prophet Amos rejects the show and ceremony about reverence of God and exhorts the people to remember justice and righteousness. The psalmist presents the amazement of God that people do many shows of faithfulness yet they have no discipline and they do not practice the actions of the Word of God. Matthew relates Jesus encounter with evil spirits possessing the lives of people. The resonance of human spirit with the Spirit of Jesus drives away the demons which may have dominated behavior. The transformation of the lives by contact with the Spirit attracts attention. Today, we are also witness to lives in our circle of people are transformed by release of demons through intimacy of the indwelling Spirit with the Divine Spirit.