Wisdom 2:1, 12-22 / John 7:1-2, 10,25-30
To talk about a good deed or doing a good deed is certainly edifying and motivating.
That will get others to want to contribute in whatever ways they are able to.
But to talk about a bad and evil deed in public is disgusting and deplorable.
In the face of such public evil actions, will there be any reactions or response to it.
In the 1st reading, the godless say to themselves with their misguided reasoning.
And what they said seems to be in the public.
Their evil talk and thoughts include trapping and persecuting the virtuous man, put his faith to the test with cruelty and torture, and finally killing him.
But the 1st reading concludes with a response to such evil and their actions.
Their malice makes them blind, and they do not know the hidden things of God.
In the gospel, it also seems that it is public knowledge that the authorities want to kill Jesus.
Those with power and might may publicly propagate their evil intentions and even make know their evil deeds.
But, in the end, they will have to be accountable to God.
Let us pray that we stand firm in the face and evil, and let us also place our hope in Jesus that holiness will be rewarded.