The separation of good and evil

The incompatibility of good and evil motivates the prophet Joel to call for a fast and a solemn assembly to refocus the direction of the people of Israel to God and goodness in the texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary. The accumulation of neglect of the relationship with the Divine has created a pressure to restore the will of God for the people. The psalmist praises the strength and support God has been to the oppressed and those in trouble. The wicked have been and will be snared in the work of their own hands. The the Gospel of Luke, Jesus uses the accusations of the crowd that He is healing from an evil source to proclaim the truth of the inability of good and evil to coexist in the movement toward the intimacy with the Divine promised in the Kingdom of God. The kingdom divided cannot stand. The requirement is to choose. The invitation to full Life requires a choice. To recall Moses in the Book of Deuteronomy, "Choose Life!". The memorial celebration today is for "Our Lady of the Rosary". It commemorates those times when faithful have used the devotion of praying the Rosary to be lead by the choice of Mary to say "Yes" to the will of God. This is the choice which puts our direction with Jesus and not against Him