Gospel of the day

Lk 18, 1-8

Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, "There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, 'Render a just decision for me against my adversary.' For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, 'While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.'" The Lord said, "Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says.

Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily.

But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

DOCAT question

489: How can human rights and the rights of peoples and nations be promoted?
 

Every day we see all sorts of violence: genocide, war and exile, hunger and exploitation. Children are recruited as soldiers and forced to kill. New forms of slavery have developed. Human trafficking, prostitution, and drugs have become an illegal billion-dollar business in which political forces and even governments are also involved. Christians must not insist on human rights only when it is a question of protecting their own; they must realize that they also have the task of defending and strengthening the fundamental rights of all people. This is why the Church has made it her duty in all places and on every occasion to see to it that human rights are universally accepted and upheld and, above all, to respect them within the Church herself.

Weekly challenge

Today, address the causes of a violation of human rights in your daily life that your society simply ignores. Think about how you can send a signal that you are not indifferent.

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