Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time
Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin
International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking 2023
First reading – Genesis 2:4-9,15-17
“The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being”. The breath of the Lord God is our life. It’s the life of each person. And so, each person is precious. Let’s pray today against Human Trafficking and all its forms which undermine the dignity and value of human persons. Each person carries the breath of the Lord God, irrespective of what we are, from where we are and what we have. This preciousness of each person can be maintained only if we respect the principle of good and evil commanded by Lord God. “Nevertheless, of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you are not to eat, for on the day you eat of it you shall most surely die”. This means, I cannot decide what is good and evil according to my wish. It’s the Lord God who decides. Each time, someone decides on good and bad according to his or her wish, the preciousness of others is at stake. We cannot make a world with our principles on good and bad. It should be world the Lord God makes where the preciousness of each person can be saved. Let’s reflect: How many times I remember that the person in front of me is carrying the breath of God?
Wednesday 8 February
