Leviticus 25:1, 8-17 / Matthew 14:1-12
Human beings are prone to wrong-doing, and it can be anything from a small offence to a big crime.
But the trouble is that we don’t readily admit to our wrong-doing.
To cover up our wrong-doing, we often tell a lie, and the whole matter begins to spiral down into a mess.
In the gospel, Herod had John the Baptist thrown into prison because of a wrong-doing by Herod.
In order to silence him, Herod had John the Baptist imprisoned.
But in doing so, Herodias found an opportunity to do away with John the Baptist.
In short, it was one wrong after another, with the loss of an innocent life.
Whenever we commit a wrong-doing, the Lord will send someone to awaken our conscience.
For Herod, that someone was John the Baptist.
For us, that someone will tell us what we already know to be wrong, but just that we don’t want to admit it.
Admitting to a wrong-doing doing is difficult, but in doing do, we will be stopping a tragedy for ourselves.