Depart from me, you evildoers

Gn 16,1-12.15-16; Ps 105; Mt 7,21-29
27 JUNE

One day the Lord told the prophet Jeremiah that if only one righteous person was found in Jerusalem, He would not have allowed its destruction, devastation and ruin.

Roam the streets of Jerusalem, look about and observe, Search through her public places, to find even one Who lives uprightly and seeks to be faithful, and I will pardon her! Though they say, “As the Lord lives,” they swear falsely. O Lord, do your eyes not look for honesty? You struck them, but they did not cringe; you laid them low, but they refused correction; They set their faces harder than stone, and refused to return to you. It is only the lowly, I thought, who are foolish; For they know not the way of the Lord, their duty to their God. I will go to the great ones and speak with them; For they know the way of the Lord, their duty to their God. But, one and all, they had broken the yoke, torn off the harness. Therefore lions from the forest slay them, wolves of the desert ravage them, Leopards keep watch round their cities: all who come out are torn to pieces For their many crimes and their numerous rebellions. Why should I pardon you these things? Your sons have forsaken me, they swear by gods that are not. I fed them, but they committed adultery; to the harlot’s house they throng. Lustful stallions they are, each neighs after another’s wife. Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord; On a nation such as this shall I not take vengeance? Climb to her terraces, and ravage them, destroy them (not) wholly. Tear away her tendrils, they do not belong to the Lord. For they have openly rebelled against me, both the house of Israel and the house of Judah, says the Lord (Jer 5,1-11).

In my spirit, I am convinced that today the Lord could say the same thing: run through the Church of God, examine all consciences. Find a heart that truly believes in this word of Jesus, “I have never known you. Get away from me, you who work iniquity!”, and I might begin to illuminate the world. Someone who believes on a conceptual level can also be found, but then he does not conform his life to the Words of Jesus. He does not build his house on his Gospel. Anyway – he says – his mercy always triumphs. Today, we have even come to want forgiveness without repentance, the Eucharist in mortal sin, the sacraments without any faith in them. All of this is happening because one no longer believes that what Christ has said he also maintains it. If He has said He does not know us, He does not know us. If he says that the door will remain closed, it will remain closed. But we say that his heart is always full of mercy and that the door will open for everyone. Are not we saying that in the end we will all be in heaven? Are not we teaching that hell is empty? Are we not professing that Christ no longer serves as the way to salvation? Are not we crying that every God is equal to every other God? Are not we screaming that there is no more difference between those who observe the Gospel and those who do not observe it? Is not everyone doing what he likes best? Are not we all committed to the construction of the great tower of confusion?

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’ Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’ “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.” When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

What solution is given to get out of this infernal tower? The solution exists and it is only one: Let he who believes in the Word of Jesus show with his conduct his faith in it.

Mother of God, Angels and Saints arrange that every Christian shows his faith with life.