Msgr. Pope on a Call to Us in These Times

"Beginning in 721 B.C., after repeated warnings from the prophets, terrible waves of destruction came on the Jewish people. The Assyrians invaded and conquered the ten northern tribes of Israel. The survivors were exiled and in a certain sense were not heard from again. (They are often called the 'Ten lost tribes of Israel.')

"Small, feeble attempts at reform in the south for Judah and the Levites were mostly unsuccessful. Again, despite repeated warnings from the prophets, 587 B.C. was witness to another wave of destruction: the Babylonians invaded and destroyed Jerusalem. The city lay in ruins, the temple burned and looted. The survivors were exiled in Babylon and for eighty years the Promised Land lay in ruins.

"How could this be? Why would God allow His people to be conquered? Worse yet, how could He allow the temple to be destroyed?

"But He did. God does not care about buildings and land. He cares about the temple of our soul and a harvest of justice."

In a recent commentary, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish, Washington, DC) reflected on a text from 2 Chronicles (7:14) that calls all to repentance and encourages the remaining faithful followers to stay true.

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