As a human race, we are likely more informed than our predecessors have ever been in the past five millennia since the first origins of written records. However, despite our vast libraries of accumulated knowledge and the means to provide food, water, shelter, and well-being for all, we seem to lack the passion to distribute these essentials equally to those who are equally in need.
There are billions of people alive today who lack the necessary funds, skills, and resources to provide food, shelter and good health for themselves and their dependents. This number does not even include the countless individuals over the past five millennia who have endured a life of hunger, poverty, and deprivation of other basic necessities that give meaning to life.
In Judea two millennia ago, the Chosen People were longing for a Messiah to save them from their life of hardship, oppression, and despair under a foreign empire. They hoped for a traditional king who could take control and improve their lives. Today, we are witnessing acts of aggression, oppression, and retaliatory violence in parts of the Holy Land. Where is the sign of the Messiah who was supposed to fix everything? Is it necessary to commit genocide against those who frustrate the desire to occupy the Chosen Land in autonomy and peace?
The Chosen People failed to recognize the Messiah when he appeared and taught among them.
In my life, how do I proclaim and witness to the manifestation of Christ who asks to make his home in our spirits?