By Jonathan Camiolo

 

I have watched a lot of movies over the years.  I tend to like movies with deep meaning, life lessons or hidden philosophical values.  I am a philosopher by study I guess, no genius, but a thinker and any movie that can get me analyzing and pondering life is a good one.  If there are twists and unexpected thrills it is even better.  I also love the action packed movies like Star Wars or The Matrix or Batman or Braveheart because there is a clear good and bad and you know whom you are routing for.  I think people love these movies because evil and good are opposed and clearly set against each other.  It is a battle and typically in the end the “good guy” wins.

 

There is always that climactic moment though that makes us the viewer wonder what is going to happen.  Will the hero prevail?  Will they defeat the criminal mastermind or catch the killer?  Will justice be served?  We think to ourselves that good has to win in the end.  It is only right that evil be conquered and the righteous and good prevail or overcome.  There is something in us that knows that it just makes sense, it just feels right for good to survive and even be victorious.  We cheer and get excited when the movie concludes with justice being served.  Movie theatres are sometimes full of excited viewers cheering out loud or clapping.

 

The first reading speaks of justice and the responsorial psalm this week is clear about one thing, God is just and we should rejoice in that.  It says that the whole world and all of the earth should sing joyfully and be glad because God “comes to rule the earth with justice.”  There is something in nature and in each of us that simply desires for the right thing to happen.  It is in our being, a part of who we are.

 

Is there some cause or charity that you think is good?  Is there some injustice in the world around you that just bothers you?  Could you be more actively helping bring justice or good to our world still plagued by ignorance, indifference, hatred, war, violence and cruelty?  How?  Gandhi said that we need to be the change we want to see in the world – what change would you like to see?  Be the change.

 

Think. Pray. Decide. Change.  

 

You are loved!  Pray for me this week and I will pray for you…promise!