Jamaica Gleaner

The last days

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IKNOW that these are strange days. Never have I seen such grotesque images. Never have I experience­d such poverty and the extreme riches of a few. Never have such cruelties and wickedness been enacted – man against his brother. Never have there been such absurditie­s in art, entertainm­ent, and music.

There is immorality legalised more than ever before there is sickness and poverty without concern for each other, there is loneliness and overcrowde­d cities, there is man becoming woman and woman becoming man. There is godlessnes­s and worship of the devil. There is greater belief in technology than reality.

I think, I meditate, I cry out to God, I return to my source of hope – my one true living God who is ever close to me despite the overwhelmi­ng sense of darkness gathering all around.

I fear selfishnes­s, a world of ‘I’, ‘me’, ‘myself’. I must be careful of introversi­on, anxiety, worry, fear of things falling apart. Despite the so-called world of progress, there is introversi­on – people are more disconnect­ed from reality, from one another, themselves, and God.

 ??  ?? “... Without concern for each other, there is loneliness and overcrowde­d cities.” – Father Richard Ho Lung
“... Without concern for each other, there is loneliness and overcrowde­d cities.” – Father Richard Ho Lung
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