Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 / Matthew 13:44-46
It is said that evil can only thrive when the good do nothing about it.
Certainly, when there is a wrong or an evil being done, the good people must do something about it, either in word or in action, so as to address it and to put a stop to it.
But would that mean that those who are committing the evil or doing wrong would stop it?
More often than not, the reality is that evil will turn on the good and retaliate against the good.
Hence, the good people, for what they think they are, will rather do nothing so as to avoid trouble.
Otherwise, the good will have to go through what the prophet Jeremiah went through in the 1st reading.
Jeremiah spoke God's word to his people, but when they retaliated, he could only lament, complained, get depressed and disheartened, using words like "they curse me", "I suffer insult for your sake", "Why is my suffering continual, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?"
And the Lord God replied: They will fight against you but they will not overcome you, because I am with you to save you and to deliver you. I mean to deliver you from the hands of the wicked and redeem you from the clutches of the violent.
Would we believe that? Would we put our trust in God and dare to speak up against wrong, injustice, wickedness and evil?
There are consequences but as the Lord told Jeremiah, "I am with you", He is also saying the same to us.
So if we are not part of the solution, then we are part of the problem. If we Christians don't address the wrong and the evil, then we are only saying so much about our faith and our trust in God.