Again, the 1st reading. Its message seems unintelligible in our woke society, where nothing is stable and where it is cool to flow along with the tide; to be inclusive, resisting any rock of reality to which we can attach ourselves. Is this God’s will? It doesn’t seem right.
“God is not unjust” the author asserts. In virtue of the promises he made to the ancestors of those to whom this letter was addressed, the author assures them their present hope is not in vain. God is the “anchor” of hope, and the symbol most fitting for us today.
Passing tides of contemporary thought pull us one way and then another. And they promise to become stronger in the coming years.
But God is our anchor. He is our hope. Hope is the virtue that looks to the past – God is our creator, redeemer, savior – and to the future – promises of eternal life – in order to adjust our focus to see where the currents of our secular society are driving us and that we have at hand our saving remedy.
Resolve: Today I shall begin a daily habit of thanking God with more heart for what he has already done for me, and what he promises to do for me after my time in this world has ceased. That prayer will strengthen my faith and love now, and my hope for the future. Lord, increase in me your graces of faith, hope and charity.