“In [a recent daily] Gospel of the passion of Saint John the Baptist, we encounter a pitiable man: Herod.
“On the one hand, even though John the Baptist rebuked Herod, Herod knew John ‘to be a righteous and holy man,’ and ‘he liked to listen to him’ (Mk 6:20). On the other hand, his wife, Herodias, wanted the man killed for denouncing their marriage. And so Herod compromises. Refusing to take a firm stance, he settles for the middle ground and has John arrested. It is a pitiable attempt to please Herodias while trying to keep his conscience clean.
“The end of the Gospel passage reveals the full consequence of Herod’s lukewarmness. . . .”
In a recent commentary, Brother Mannes Matous, O.P., reflected on the truth that “[a]s crazy as our lives seem at times, we must remind ourselves that God knows what He is doing.”
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